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Kantaro

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  1. Succes Lex!
  2. Hi Frank, Like Trystan and Jean said; on the tang of you sword seems to be written 城州 住 國重 which means Joshu Ju Kunishige. He is the maker (smith) of your sword. (Maybe somebody knows some more about him here.) That is what I understand from the above. Kind regards
  3. Looks real to me but I am not an expert.
  4. Description Sword features what appears to be a...
  5. same here but without gold inlay
  6. Kantaro

    Oh dear!

    Bonhams seems even worse than Catawiki?
  7. Welcome back Joe.\
  8. If you have to choose I would recommend the Dawson.
  9. Kantaro

    Sword Info

  10. Good pictures too!
  11. Seems a wallhanger to me but I am no expert.
  12. Have a similar fake like that, possible not from China but from India or Pakistan like Jean mentioned before.. have a look;
  13. Indeed for a wooden sword.
  14. Was following this auction on Jauce; Japanese military sword, saber, Japanese sword, weaponry, Great Japan | Jauce Shopping Service | Yahoo Japan Auctions. eBay Japan The interest in this Item was higher then I suspected...wonder why?
  15. Naaah but I do like the flag.
  16. Sorry, I mean like this: here is a picture of my handles.
  17. @Scogg do you have a picture of the engravings on the handle? Thanks.
  18. Looks interesting Markus, ordered one. Thanks and kind regards from Belgium.
  19. @Nobody Thank you very much! Could this be related to a NCO WW2 sword maybe used on a Japanese Navy fuel depot? It was a bad replacement sword probably made outside Japan and the tag came with the sword. A private from the 2/28 Australian Infantry Battalion came home with it. Here are some pictures.
  20. Or maybe Seikichi Yoshimura?
  21. @John C Thanks! It is older than I thought.
  22. I will post a pic of the complete set.
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