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Only looking at the sword without consideration to the mounts, would the absence of togishi on the mei lend itself to being late war production knowing that Masahiro and Masanao Takayama-to usually have the polisher listed? Conway
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Here is another souvenir from Griffin Militaria. This is the only full shot of the nakago. If the nakago-jiri is shortened they didn't square it off which I why I wanted to point it out. See link for more pictures. Conway https://griffinmilit...cer-kai-gunto-sword/
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Thomas, Does Kiyohira refer to a name or is it a description of the sword? I could not figure out a good definition given the context. Conway
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Here is the second. To my eye it is the long Takayama-to mei including the polisher. Starting with third character down looks like 高山刀。The pictures are very small on Live Auctioneers so I cannot get a larger picture that is more clear. Conway
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Found two interesting swords that sold a very long time ago on Live Auctioneers. Unfortunately there is only one photo available for the first. If it's hard to read, the tag looks like it says 高山清平. Conway
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Here is a small encircled 力 on the drag of a Type 19 parade sword. Conway
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Thomas, Here is another one I found recently on eBay. Tang and fittings all marked 941. https://www.ebay.com/itm/364162669768 Conway
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@Bruce Pennington Check out page 30 left hand side of the pdf shown above. There is a Hattori Masahiro mei without the polisher reference. I assume the sword in souvenir fittings I am referencing is a Hattori Masahiro sword. It has the Takayama-to short & thick kissaki. ***I don't want to take this great thread on arsenal stamps on too much of a diversion... Let me know if there is a more appropriate thread to move this discussion to. Thanks. Conway
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I just noticed the painted character on the Takayama Masahiro posted in the NLF thread resembles the "I" 伊 in Inaba. Conway
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@Bruce Pennington It's the Inaba sword I posted in the Arsenal Stamps thread. I found it for sale online. I was just wondering if this set up would be considered late war because similar material is found on the souvenir swords. From the discussion above I see that it is not necessarily late war. Here is another close up of the same sword. Conway
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What you are saying makes sense! Alas, I don't need any more swords. I am running out of places to display my ever-expanding collection. I was hoping someone would talk me out of it and not encourage me. The broken semegane bothers me on this one. But I guess it could always be replaced. I appreciate your input. Conway
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@Jcstroud John, It's for sale online so I am not sure of the length. What do you make of the anchor which looks like it may have been filed down? Is it possible this sword was made during the war and then altered for the souvenir sword program? I found another sword with the same signature with uncut tang. The fittings look pieced together. https://www.bradford...-to-sword_D854E11B44 Conway
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Yes - Kai Guntō fittings. It has a quite shrunken leather-covered wood saya. I posted a picture of the tsuka in the "Kai Gunto Tsuka Question" thread. Overall, the hardware is not in the best shape. Conway
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Greetings, Can anyone clarify if the black fabric same found on souvenir swords was also used on wartime production swords? And if so, when does this variation appear? I am referring to the sword pictured below, which is the Inaba sword I posted in the Arsenal Stamps thread. Thanks. Conway
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@Bruce Pennington Here are some more pics. Conway
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@Bruce Pennington See below. There is an anchor stamp. On the reverse side there is only the "酒" Conway
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Has anyone come across a Takayama-to souvenir with stamped numbers? Found this one #65 (Not sure what it says after the Masa -Hiro/Nao). The other interesting feature is the anchor which is very faint. Conway
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Is this the stamp referring to the 2 shaku? Or something else? Not sure if you guys saw this post as it was on the previous page. Conway
