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  1. loiner1965
    ask stephen if you can send him better pictures or arrange something between yourselves
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    where abouts in the world are you as the member who posted about you is a great and very helful indeed......also vastly experienced
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    viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4616&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=railway+stamp
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    winged wheel of the china railway company....who is the smith....kanemune by any chance
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    do not want to rub salt in the wound henry but i love to see the fracture....
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    any regular experts care to comment please............the internet is throwing nothing up so i think it needs the personal touch
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    cannot comment on the pieces in question as my experience in this field is basi but i would like to say on the pictures ford posted.... just looking at them even on a 2d screen they are mind bogglingly beautiful and indeed a work of art...i cannot imagine what they look like in the hand....alas i will never be able to afford anything like those but i am content just to admire them on here...... carry on now chaps with your discussion :D
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    many thanks for the reply charlie....it seems i am getting closer all the time with this puzzle....its on a showa blade too so i presume it must be of some inportance other than just another war time blade etc
  9. loiner1965
    missing kanji is saku which just means made this.....star is a good sign as it usually means traditionally made
  10. loiner1965
    suggested by a knowledgeble member that this kokuin is of buddist origin and possibly lotus leaves and a vajra or thunderbolt...can anyone throw any light on this as i thought it was amen and ten etc
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    that looks fantastic brian and the hamon really stands out....chuffed for ya mate
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    totally agree brian....another member pm me and will email it as well but i looked at the members online at the bottom of the page and saw stephen was logged on......and i knew he would come up trumps
  13. loiner1965
    cheers stephen...i knew you would answer my distress call
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    can anyone scan and put a link up please of pages 26 to 27 of the sloughs book....a very very helpful member may have solved the mystery of my swords kokuin...i just need to examine the 3 tangs in this book to comfirm......hope i can find decent pics of my sword on my pc as its away at the moment being polished
  15. loiner1965
    as my american friend stephen would say .....please start oiling it....very good advice and from a knowlegeble collector
  16. loiner1965
    looks real but need better pics of blade and tang please
  17. loiner1965
    has he done it yet
  18. loiner1965
    or use a free online resizer like i do
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    hi rich. yes i knew amahide was his father and kanemune was the chief smith at the plant....your site is most valuable indeed and full of needed info. kanemune also signs some swords with a different mei according to a very experienced member on here and i have one of those too..Kanetoshi (Kumazawa). it was kanetoshi mei that comfused us beginners recently if you remember.
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    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT recently we had a confusion over a certain war time smith kanji....well we are not the only ones :D i have 2 swords by fukumoto kanemune but this seller as written his mei 3 ways....
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    look forward to seeing these pictures too....can you look up greys advice on sword care and handling please as it does preserve them and shows correct handling on these precious items
  22. loiner1965
    use light sewing machine oil as it will do the job
  23. loiner1965
    Anyone who would take an old Shinto blade in Kyu gunto mounts and part them by selling the koshirae on eBay shouldn't be collecting Japanese swords. Shows a terrible lack of respect for the sword and its history. The sword is most certainly old and I strongly suspect shinto, the Kyu gunto mounts make it very desirable to gunto collectors. People will pay $1000 for the sword in that state without even seeing the nakago... I would. totally agree pete....the sword should stay as it is as thats its history
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    look in the military sword section under w marks on tang as i put a link up for a sword by yoshitani
  25. loiner1965
    do not have f & g book but please look at page 227
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