Fritz

Bruce, Mecox, Thank You!!

Is he a decent smith? Blade is pretty nice

LOL, sorry Mark, always forget which way to post the pic. How’s this

Evening gents. Was able to add another nihonto to my small collection over the weekend, nice Showa era sword in normal ww2 army mounts, can I get some help identifying the smith, an acquaintance kind of identified him but apparently there are two listed, thoughts on which smith. Thanks 😉

None that I can find

Thank You!! 😉

Gentlemen, been quite some time since I’ve been here or posted, but nihonto is not my main focus and frankly, Japanese swords don’t cross my path to often but I was able to secure this one a few weeks ago, had the tang translated and identified on a militaria site I frequent, my question for the collectors that know swords is this sword worth a possible Polish or leave as is. I’ll be honest, in the long rung I’m going to move it but I just don’t have the knowledge of good, hohum or wow with these. Thanks!

Thanks Cabowen. Fritz

few more pics

Hello Gents, been quite some time since I have posted here, got this sword back in January, pretty nice polish with a good strong temper, WW2 mounts and BO-HI on the blade, cutting edge measures 27.5 inches with a total blade length of 35 inches, the tang is not signed. Any thoughts on age? Fritz

Here are some additional pictures, one of the tip and the other of the temper. The cutting edge measures 27.25inches and from tip to tang end is 35.5 inches, the thickness at the tang is 3/8 of an inch. Fritz

Thanks Stephen!

Gentleman, I hope all is well. Been awhile since my last post but found a sword today, right out of the woodwork and in its storage case(WW2 vet bring back) need some help with the translation, the one end is covered with what looks like mud but could be rust but I'm extremely reluctant to clean it to read. Anyone offer some assistance, thoughts on translation and care of the tang. Thanks Fritz

Thanks guys! I thought this might be a pilots knife or a military utlity knife, hmm, nice sharp little blade. The steel does have flaws in it like a traditional blade might have from carbon deposits, not alot but a few when you look at it closely. Fritz

Hello all, I found this knife over the weekend and have posted it on another site but a friend of mine suggested I try here as well. The knife looks to be well made and is not nihonto but it has a name on it. My question is does anyone have any ideas as to what it might be? I have been told it could be a carpenters tool but I'm not sure, it may be just a utility knife but if it's nothing special per sei why did the maker put his name on it, I'm not trying to pull something out of the air here just trying to fiqure this little bugger out. Thoughts? It did come indirectly from a vetran source. rgds Fritz