Jcstroud
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A possible answer to the reason for the lack of guilding can be found in the ohmura-study that describes what he called the "extraordinary special case" of the gunto. Suspension mount to one,abolished plating of metal fittings,brass,the pattern,the knotloop and the springclip. In march 1945 in reference to the navy type tachi.due to goods drain .so the mystery continues !
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I guess we will never know.
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Why the naval fuchi and tsuba I wonder ? Is that the standard for .U.S. Army purchased souvenirs? Could it be possilble that it was used in combat?
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I have also read that there were also mobile post exchanges. Small busses converted into stores. Makes sense they had 8747 swords the could not sell until authorised by U.S. ARMY Headquarters in 1949.
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I have also read that there were also mobile post exchanges. Small busses converted into stores. Makes sense they had 8747 swords the could not sell until authorised by U.S. ARMY Headquarters in 1949.
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Iknow personally the owner of small store where I found this sword in the Mountains of Puerto Rico and the man that gave it him passed on many years ago and hang there around 30 years along side anice collection of antiques artificially aged no way. The story was he was said to be a korean war veteran Have been searching for more clues for 7 years now.....
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How can one put a date on such this one looks like it was in a war.? Wow BangBangSan thsnks for your response that was fast!
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1more 1st too ffuzzy
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Would you consider this a Nlf ,or a type 3?
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Found these markings writen in pencil on the wood end under the naval fuchi.and have no idea what signify. Were too faint to photograph. Anybody?
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According to associated press reporter Hal Boyle stated that: the first day of the tokyo px 17000 servicemen spent nearly 100,000 dollars on Japanese goods in 5 hours ! And had to close 3 hours early because nothing was left!
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According to the documents of the 8th army all the "contracted souvenir" swords were completed by March 1947. That is what I call production.
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I know that my previous post may be conjecture.it is based on the unlikely availability of toyokawa sourced koshirai. Yeh I know I am arookie compared to you guys ,but like you guys I find it acool obsession.
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We may have found the missing link! Apon examining what I call Toyosuke #45 I have found under the naval style fuchi on the wooden part what appears to be in pencil a ho symbol .in trying to figure this whole thing out I asked myself what does the 1st kokura armory Sourced koshirai ,Toyokawa, and Tanshozan works have in common? 1 thing Mr. H.Hattori. who had a sword shop where? Answer: PX corner the H. H.HATTORI BUILDING That sold swords before and after the war.
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Thank you for your response you are indeed a gentleman and a scholar.
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It seems they remain somewhat a mystery to this day.how can one know for sure when some of the blades are considered made before the end of the war in accordance to the Japanese naval sword pdf?by Mr Cox.
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Thank you for your response.to clarify complements on your excellent work on those pdf files on the mysterios naval landing forces sword. No matter what they call them they are well made super sharp and purpose built with pride.weapons they are.period.call them what they want but I am not selling mine. I hate symantics......arrrgh 😁
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Does anyone know who was Toyosuke since it seems he has made quite a number of this type of what could be called Shin-Kaigunto Nlf, and or Army Navy surplus souvenir swords? Ok I admit I love to ask at times unanswerable questions.but we all want to know more.
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Hey Bruce : do you suppose that the olive drab paint on the nakagos combined with appearance of the small Toyokawa arsenal stamps could be considered to be intended for contract fulfillment? Or the other possibility of us troops using the paint to hide the arsenal stamps?
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Ps.those inventories were shipped from Japan
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Hey Bruce have also found there were px in pusan korea as well with large. Inventories
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Can google 8th army px in tokyo at the K. Hattori building .known as px corner Ca. 1945-1952
