Lareon

1743 Namamugi chō, Tsurumi Ward, Yokohama City? terashima denai ? Name and address

can you give us a close up shot of the decoration?

I've not seen the Release button filled before. Interesting

so far, two of the blades are wakizashi and one katana. I've seen the one you posted piers but didn't include it in my list. I own one of the wakizashi and it's a fine sword with a kaneiye tsuba

yeah, I'm very curious as to what this stamp is for. I'll keep digging

Asked Markus directly and he hadn't seen before but did unearth one more with papers

I started my collecting based entirely on collecting gunto, I wanted one of each type ,95, nco etc then it got more refined the more i learnt. Gendaito, Copper nco etc etc Then i learnt more and moved closer to nihonto, collecting good smiths in gunto koshirae now i collect nihonto, more specifically ko-gassan. I went from £500 to £2000 then to £10,000 plus Would i have spent the higher end at the start of my collection? no. now i know what I do and don't know to a much higher degree and can be more confident in a purchase. Not just that; now I am closer to being able to appreciate what that price is getting me. But the final thing really is, even at the start of my collection , i loved the swords i had then, swords others would dismiss now as junk, they still sit there and are cleaned, oiled and kept well looked after. each one is a piece of my journey to where i am now in my knowledge and also while it may sound a little silly, those swords were crafted with care and sweat and deserve to be preserved.

Thanks, this one came from a nice sword find, I'm still researching the whole package but my knowledge of tsuba is almost zero. very beautiful to me, subtle spots of kin-zogan.

I'm struggling to read this. I believe the fuchi Reads Kosuiken and motoyoshi the tusba i've got echizen and then i'm doubting myself after that

Will do, i have an Asano Kanesane with his typical kokuin so i'll grab a photo of it for you at some point and pm you it

nice to have a reunion story. Unfortunately I'm the opposite, I pick swords up and never let them go even if i should.

@Bruce Pennington are you recording all appearances of kokuin? or just for your document on the different types of Kokuin?

not sure about that second chain you have. but the smaller chain looks to be similar to this

I can answer about the chain i think, it's very similar to the chain loop from a high class Kai Gunto, I have a gunto with the full chain mountings. Let me find a picture

For clarity here's a picture of them. 2nd gen echizen kanenori echizen chikugo no kame Fujiwara kanenori Found nothing in any of my books. Markus et al.

Thanks Thomas, I actually didn't know there was a requirement to dull them in peacetime.

I have a 33 inch blade going for polish atm and last time i opened my wallet there was an echo

sure thing, I forgot to actually take the photos of this blade but when I'm back home (i travel a lot) I need to setup my backdrop and take some photos. As soon as I'm home I'll post them here for you

Here is mine, you can see the crude field sharpening on it

from the look of it, that's a cavalry sabre (M1899 Type 32) and they were issued unsharpened

I'm looking for some examples of Kanenori mei that also include his botan (peony) aoi I've only managed to surface two examples that include it. anyone have any others?

late 30's for me

If the copper with serial no.1 came up, i'm curious what that would sell for

Crazy. Then again if someone is missing one from their collection, there's not too many out there and it's a low number, maybe the lowest? Bruce or someone who is tracking the serials could probably say.

Welcome to the community Dvill