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  1. Bruno
    Never saw one. Could that mean Yasukuni smiths stopped forging blades for IJA before 1943?
  2. Bruno
    A popular answer here is how much the buyer is willing to pay his sword which determines its value.
  3. Bruno
    You just pronounced the magic words!
  4. Bruno
    Bravo Daniel! I really love Ota Chikahide's work! he is one of my favourite.
  5. Bruno
    Ed, I may be wrong but I think George knows what this w stamp means. Hope he will read the post.
  6. Bruno
    It is very hard to find a Nagamitsu with nenki so this leads me to beleive those swords were produced quickly and in a large quantity. The smith did not took the time to add the date and this is not a sign of high quality. However I beleive Nagamitsu is a decent smith, the only one blade with date I saw from him was very nice. But seeing the large amount of his blades on the Internet I think a bit like Emura, they were more than a guy to make those swords.
  7. Bruno
    Maybe have a look at Army civilian gunto mounts, they look a bit more traditionnal than the standard gunto ones.
  8. Bruno
    Hi Davy
  9. Bruno
    The last ones I saw on Ebay went for $3500 and they were not unissued, only good condition.
  10. Bruno
    Tetsugendo have some nice ones but different, you can contact Cyrus :
  11. Bruno
    Since swords were polished with acid since the 30ies, is it reasonable to question their resistance? I am not chemist and don't know how concentred are those acids, but I read here that acid eats the steel inside the blade. Resistance is crucial for an edge weapon.
  12. Bruno
    Hello, If nowadays hadori is what it is done in Japan, can one expect with the time that Japanese polishers will loose their skills in sashikomi polish? Thanks
  13. Bruno
    Thanks Mariusz, Brian and Kunitaro!
  14. Bruno
    Dear Kunitaro sama, Do you have the names that match the numbers? Thanks
  15. Bruno
    I agree too and probably signed Idetoshi by Kanemune. "Special steel" is Yasugi steel right?
  16. Bruno
    G'day all! I was reading this article about our fantastic President visiting Japan and saw this photo. The officer is wearing a sword so of course I threw an eye to see what kind of sword it was, not nihonto obviously. So my question is : Are nihonto totally nonexistent in Japanese Army nowadays? Not asking if they are wore as often as Gunto were but at least on few occasions like ceremonial events, parades etc, or/and for some high ranked officers only...? Thanks
  17. Bruno
    The dagger is a genuine German SA dagger?
  18. Bruno
    Thanks Chris! Very interesting. Can you develop David? What do you mean?
  19. Bruno
    Thanks Chris, you are right I missed this post. So a different steel than tamahagane must be put though oroshigane process and all the usual steps, (and then forged traditionally by a trained smith) to be considered as a true nihonto? I am not sure to visualize well what oroshigane (grater ) process and all the usual steps are. Were gunsui-to and Mikasa-to considered as true nihonto from WW2, and did they receive this recognition recently (NBTHK papers)?
  20. Bruno
    I am a bit lost. During WW2 there were many different kind of steels like Yasuki, Gunsui, Mikasa, antirust, stainless, Mantetsu steels. Some were made in Japan, others imported, some of better quality than the others, but all were not tamahagane. So why some swords made with one or another kind of steel is considered as as showato or as nihonto? I know older swords made with nanban tetsu forged by great smiths are considered true nihonto, but for gendaito I did not know it was also the same.
  21. Bruno
    Were Yasuki, Gunsui and Mikasa steels Western steels or were they entirely produced in Japan although not tamahagane?
  22. Bruno
    So why can we see so many katana kake and so few tansu?
  23. Bruno
    To me they are obviously made by the same hand. I think the real issue is exactly what Bruno pointed out earlier... To me they are easier to recognize because yes, they look all made by the same guy but especially because they are for sale by the same seller. We are used to see them there, but in a different context I bet more than one can be deceived. To be honest with you, before I thought they were iai-to (made with short cuts) but made by the smiths which mei were on the nakago.
  24. Bruno
    The real problems will start when these gimei gendaito will be for sale by other amateur/pro dealers. Now they are for sale by Komonjo they are easy to spot (same kind of photos, same seller), but with with photos with different light, angles, mounted etc...It won't be that easy to make the difference.
  25. Bruno
    I think the 3 first links can be iai-to.
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