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  1. Bruno
    Tomida Sukehiro?
  2. Bruno
    Is that an assembly number on the mune, like the ones one finds on Mantetsu-to?
  3. Bruno
    Thanks Phil. Nice cross section shot, I am no expert but it resembles to a core steel to me. I do not see arsenal stamp, so maybe traditionally forged with Western steel. Chris Bowen will probably know.
  4. Bruno
    It seems there is a core steel. Phil, may you confirm/infirm please?
  5. Bruno
    Hi Rich, Interesting that you have a gendaito in those civilian mounts. I have always wondered if only showato were found in such mounts. Ishido Teruhide from Tokyo was a good smith, may you post photos of it please?
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    Hi Grey, I have been interested in those Bamboo, cherry blossoms patterns for a while, as they were the only "official" way to mount a WW2 sword in traditional koshirae style, instead of the military gunto ones. All I found or was mentioned was the same : mass produced fittings made first for iaido etc...and then refitted in civilian gunto koshirae. But it was always a guess, never been proved. So the question is still open.
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    James, I maintain my position and believe nothing is more expensive than a cheap polish. Nothing personal really.
  8. Bruno
    No oil for me either.
  9. Bruno
    Same person, same sword? Quite disappointing to still see members polishing their blades after all the warnings on this forum. viewtopic.php?f=15&t=17014&p=149922&hilit=bubba#p149922
  10. Bruno
    Maybe Yasukuni blades were considered of higher quality than average to good RJT smiths and showato smiths, so they keep issuing them in Type 98 mounts as Type 3 mounts were more of a lower quality, or less class. One can wonder if in general, top rated smiths blades were ever found in Type 3 mounts, not only Yasukuni smiths? My 2 cents.
  11. Bruno
    Never saw one. Could that mean Yasukuni smiths stopped forging blades for IJA before 1943?
  12. Bruno
    A popular answer here is how much the buyer is willing to pay his sword which determines its value.
  13. Bruno
    You just pronounced the magic words!
  14. Bruno
    Bravo Daniel! I really love Ota Chikahide's work! he is one of my favourite.
  15. Bruno
    Ed, I may be wrong but I think George knows what this w stamp means. Hope he will read the post.
  16. 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.
  17. Bruno
    Maybe have a look at Army civilian gunto mounts, they look a bit more traditionnal than the standard gunto ones.
  18. Bruno
    Hi Davy
  19. Bruno
    The last ones I saw on Ebay went for $3500 and they were not unissued, only good condition.
  20. Bruno
    Tetsugendo have some nice ones but different, you can contact Cyrus :
  21. 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.
  22. 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
  23. Bruno
    Thanks Mariusz, Brian and Kunitaro!
  24. Bruno
    Dear Kunitaro sama, Do you have the names that match the numbers? Thanks
  25. Bruno
    I agree too and probably signed Idetoshi by Kanemune. "Special steel" is Yasugi steel right?
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