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  1. Conway S
    It also has a “Nan” stamp 南 hiding up by the fuchi.
  2. Conway S
    It’s Spring 1943… Don’t you have your own Mantetsu? You should know the signature by now!
  3. Conway S
    Thank you very much @SteveM I appreciate your assistance. I found that the 2nd Field Artillery Regiment was part of the IJA’s 2nd Division. Maybe the same unit, but I’ll need to confirm.
  4. Conway S
    Greetings, Any help would be appreciated with translating the inscription. I’ve made an attempt to translate, but I probably need some fine tuning: 寄野戰重砲兵第二 贈聨隊捋校團 “Presented to the 2nd Regimental Field Artillery as a gift from the command school"
  5. Conway S
    Greetings, I believe you’ve been misinformed. Jim is very much alive. I just exchanged emails with him a few days ago….
  6. Conway S
    @NicholasCould you post more pictures?
  7. Conway S
    Hello Ken, The smith is Nagata Sukenori 永田祐則.
  8. Conway S
    Don, The pictures posted are not very clear. Maybe try taking a picture straight on instead of at an angle. Could you also post pictures of the whole nakago?
  9. Conway S
    Here is an example of this smith’s signature similar to the OP found on the forum:
  10. Conway S
    @Rawa Here is an example: Small Seki and star stamps. The large seki stamp is the one associated with showato. The small seki is an arsenal inspection stamp, like the 名- na stamp.
  11. Conway S
    Anything on the nakago mune? I’ve viewed two in-hand and both had a sho stamp. The price wasn’t to my liking so I passed on them… hoping to have better luck next time. Congrats on the pick up! edit: May have been the Seki stamp I observed.
  12. Conway S
    I would say if you have $3,000 to spend on swords and you want to be selective in what you are buying, I’d either save your money for something nicer or buy just one of the two. Something better always comes along….
  13. Conway S
    @Nicholas Does your Kanefusa have a “Sho” stamp? Can you share pictures of the blade and nakago? @Bruce Pennington Does the stamp document attribute the star stamp on the fittings to the Shoheikan Kabushiki Kaisha shop?
  14. Conway S
    @Kaigunto230I didn’t realize the second sword had two haikan since the initial pictures only showed one. I wouldn’t categorize it as rinji based on the tsuka alone. I’ve been to many pawn and gun stores where the owners don’t seem to like to money and it leads me to wonder how they stay in business. I’m inclined to change my tune now that I see your latest photos of sword number two.
  15. Conway S
    Thanks, Thomas! I forgot about that thread. It contained the info I was looking for and the clarification that the stamp is 京 not 東.
  16. Conway S
    If the sword is in bad shape as your initial post suggests and you cannot see the blade, I would definitely save your money.
  17. Conway S
    I found another parade sword with 東- “to” on the ricasso. There’s a few other examples found within this thread, but I did not see any speculation that Tokyo Arsenal was inspecting army contract parade swords. Maybe the accompanying encircled characters are production prefixes?
  18. Conway S
    If the pawn shop was only asking $1,000 each and they won’t split them up, you would definitely recoup your money on the second sword or make a profit if you wanted to sell it.
  19. Conway S
    Personally I don’t believe the second sword looks like a Takayama-to. Their distinctive kissaki is quite beefy. Here is a comparison photo that @Bruce Pennington once posted: Here’s more good info on Tenshozan and anti-rust steel: http://ohmura-study.net/731.html And some threads that may help you understand the fittings on the second sword:
  20. Conway S
    Michael, It’s signed Tenshozan Tanrenjo saku and dated a lucky day in February 1942. Lots of information on this forge in Mal Cox’s naval sword articles in the download section.
  21. Conway S
    The second one from the top was on another Formosa colonial officials sword if I recall correctly. I found it on Live Auctioneers.
  22. Conway S
    I agree with Ray. Those are just sub-assembly numbers. I don’t see anything from the pictures provided that would tie this to Korean use or production.
  23. Conway S
    Roger, One thing you should check on is whether a Seki-stamped blade can be imported to Japan. They seem to still occupy a legal gray area. If it can’t be imported it might be destroyed before it even gets to a potential family member. The Japanese embassy folks might be under the impression you are trying to return an actual antique sword.
  24. Conway S
    The stamp looks like 越 which could be pronounced “koshi.” I might be very off with pronunciation since I have no formal training in spoken Japanese
  25. Conway S
    Sam, I don’t think the green marking partially obscured by the seppa would be a duplicate maker or inspection stamp. I think it could be a sub-assembly number as I have seen these on guards before in the form of Arabic numerals and katakana.
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