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  1. Rawa
    I know that blade shouldn't have writings but in this case what You think? Elongated habaki? Fat tsuba with centered chuso, mumei. Looks solid and well maintained. Translated as "country of good faith" - Bizen reference? Maybe one of donated swords? https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/228562547_japanese-shin-gunto-katana-fairfield-me
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    No problem ;] here You go stamp on dirk. https://www.ebay.com/itm/318153414923?itmmeta=01KPBN5YZK6P5XB0DJ91W25ST6&hash=item4a136bd90b:g:Lz0AAeSwwatp33-K
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    Oh If You like to gather blades mentioned in Slough here You go: http://www.nihonto.us/TSUGUMASA GENDAI DS.htm and we had Moritsugu Norisada posted by @Sutraken in for sale tab also same as in Slough. [ex ericowazamono piece and He also adv. it as exact same blade from Slough] maybe Stefan could drop some pictures.
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    Minamoto Morinobu RJT star stamped and numbered 34, additional marks at mune. Same as in Slough's Oshigata book. https://japanesesword.com/archived-pages/2017/8/5/morinobu-katanaoshigata-used-in-sloughs-book-of-showa-smiths
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    Seki stamped Kanehisa with kokuin stamp. Mei is clumsy. https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/ww2-period-imperial-Japanese-shin-gunto-sword-f989fb7436
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    Go for both easy. Dawson is recommended as better then others but Plimpton have many good examples too.
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    Chris You think this blade have 2 shaku nagasa? Tsuka looks so big on this picture.
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    Bizarre was sale offer for genuine antique katana made by Hattori Hanzo (Kill Bill prop replica)
  9. Rawa
    Thank You Hamish! I found some interesting pages in green one and posted already in other threads. I don’t want to compare different writers and in my opinion every position should be considered as worthy of buying in right price.
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    Hangers. We had recently example of chain on gunto similar but longer to first example. Someone was claiming that chain is from pocket watch or something like that. Fuller’s green book.
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    Green book contents
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    Bruce as You have wondered in fittings thread about snap variations I got this in Fuller’s Green book. I don’t know if this was repeated in Fuller’s and Gregory „white” one. Posting here as it is right within leather covers topic. And looks like haikan is covered with leather so great point to spot fake.
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    https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/-2075970B25 another one
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    I'm pinging you way to much but it happened I found Nagamitsu with probably arsenal number 147 cheers! Rs mounting and certified as "Bizen emura school" Watch out photos are shiny https://www.catawiki.com/en/l/102632499-katana-Japan
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    Dunno if Bruce got this one. https://ebay.us/m/16TcNL
  16. Rawa
    Now maybe kissaki with uchiko only. Kitae ware near fukura and fukura area is smoother.
  17. Rawa
    And now this looks way better.
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    In my opinion only oiling living rust spots just helps break further already loosen rust crumbs. In my case area with black dots changes to big chunk of rust in just 3 months. Adding more photos of other „bad actors”
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    And to showcase what baking soda can do with nasty fingerprint at mune I’m adding this photo. Please notice you can clearly see that area wasn’t scratched or grinded. It’s only went from red to white/gray with spots of healthy steal.
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    And after while with uchiko I got clean surface.
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    Covering from the other side practically removed all oxidation without trace.
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    So how this spot looks now after coating of baking soda mixed with choij? Of course coating in this particular case needed to cover wider area then only rusted.
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    So for now original photo of worst spot coming from purchase offer and again one of photos above to show what was going on with blade 3 months after purchase. You can clearly see that rust was hiden dipper then just spot on ha and started to appear at wide area.
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    So After a full year of choji I aproached blade wanting to neutralize and clean all rust. It's not attempt to DIY polish but to protect blade from further corroding. While removing old oil I barely used any uchiko as polish was fresh.
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    Oh I didn’t mean „polishing”! Simply put some to kill rust, I don’t want to keep this thread here. I’m finishing pumping akihide after one year of seasoning. Go for this blade! If it had even green papers I would be doing it myself. But 23% vat for me.
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