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Thank you to all who shared more information on it I really appreciate it. I think I got it for what I thought was a fair price of $900 because almost all the gunto I see start at $1000 and above and I was able to get the seller to take less than his original price. Sword should arrive at my house tomorrow and I will take a picture of the factory stamp and post it here.

Just found the forum where it came form thanks. Also got a few more pictures of the sword. Do the mountings look original? And also there was some pitting near the kissaki but my guess was that it was there from use during the war possibly from stabbing or cutting something and it seems to be older black pitted rust and only on the kissaki area.

Thank you, this is really great information. After viewing note #9 I can’t help but notice that it is also the same pictures of the nakago from the sword I purchased. Do you remember where on nihonto message board you saw this or how you were able to come across those photos of it?

Thank you for this information. I will definitely post a picture of the stamp when the sword arrives.

I definitely think this could possibly be the smith given the fact that I have seen a few other type 3 gunto from the same maker all around the same time frame 1944-45. But if someone is able to identify the different signature styles to determine which Nobumitsu it is I would really appreciate it.

Sorry don’t have the length of the nakago I’ll have to wait till it comes in to measure it but from what I have seen it seems that many Rinji Seishiki (type 3) gunto have longer nakago and usually have 2 Mekugi Ana.

Thanks for the quick reply so this would be a late war gunto then? Here are more pictures of the full sword.

Bought this type 3 gunto and need help translating the Mei on it. Seller said the smith was Nobumitsu. Any help would be appreciated. thanks, chansen

Thanks for the reply rob I just recently saw the thread you were mentioning that said it was a fake. It was just something I spotted while looking for ww2 Japanese swords but it did kinda look off to me so I’d figured I should get a second opinion on it. Also just came across a type 32 cavalry saber which looks way more promising and has all the correct arsenal stampings.

Hello, Came across this type 95 gunto for sale and would like some opinions on whether or not it’s authentic. One thing I noticed was the bohi being kinda low on one side but I’ll leave that for the people who know much then me to decide. Any info on it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Chansen

Thanks for the opinion. The same seller is also auctioning this one signed noushu jyu kanemoto. What do you think is it worth it?

Thinking about bidding on this wakizashi which the seller says is signed Soushu Masahiro. I would just like to get a second opinion on it and see what others think of it and could possibly determine which generation masahiro forged it.

Really excited that I purchased my first nihonto and would like to share it with everyone and see what others think of this wakizashi. I think I got it for a pretty decent price and would like to know if it was a good starting sword to get into collecting. Also in the process of getting it a traditional Japanese silk sword bag to store it in and also what type of oil is good to keep the blade protected.

Thank you for the is very detailed info it really helped me out a lot. After researching more it seems the signature says bushu ju masakata and it seems like he was active around the late edo period. It also seemed like this style of tsuba is a pretty common bushu theme.

I have this tsuba that is on my Wakizashi and I would like to know possibly the age of it and maybe what school produced this style of tsuba. It also has a signature but it might be pretty hard to see but if someone is able to read it and translate it I would really appreciate it. And also the wakizashi had this koshirae which I was told was supposed to represent taketora(bamboo tiger).