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Bruno

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  1. Chris, thanks for putting them side by side. I recently bought mine from Ebay, seller is in Texas.
  2. I think so. A third tsuba of this model will enlight us!
  3. Thanks Chris and John. I supposed it was what they were indeed. I attached a different tsuba (not mine) of a similar model posted sooner on another thread by another member. You can see the 6 "stacking" are exactly the same to the ones on my tsuba. Hence I was wondering if these marks were cast like the tsuba and not added later by hand.
  4. Any idea what these 6 marks are for on this tsuba? I have see another similar tsuba with the axact same marks, so since it is a cast tsuba, these marks are also casted?
  5. Hello Hamfish, Thanks but I already have this cherry blossoms tsuba. I am sure someone else could be interested.
  6. While looking for the "grape" type tsuba, I recently found and bought these 2 types tusba (these types were already posted here. by another member)
  7. Hello, I am looking for these 2 models of Showa tsuba found on army civilian employee swords. I you have one or both, please PM me. Thanks
  8. Does anybody know when the NTHK NPO certificates will be sent to their new owners?
  9. Mr. Jimmy Hayashi in CA but he has a long wainting list, otherwise one of the best option i s here : https://www.ejapaneseswords.com/
  10. Glad of my two tsuba kake for my humble gunto tsuba "collection".
  11. He is Masamichi, connected to the Kato family (Masakuni's student), like said before, most likely Tanabe Tsunayoshi using a different mei for the RJT program.
  12. Komonjo has Guntos and older swords that may be decent. I own one that received tokubetsu hozon but honestly buying from this seller is like playing Russian roulette! You have top sellers here on this forum, Mdiddy, Mark Jones, Ed Marshall etc.
  13. I would think so but it would be relevant to mention them on the nakago description. I mean, it would make sense.
  14. Hello, As we know many gendaito do have arsenal stamps (star stamps, also tiny Seki stamps etc,) on their nakago. Question : Are those stamps usually mentioned on shinsa (NBTHK, NTHK or NTHK-NPO)certificate description? As example, on NTHK NPO certificate, the first column on the left is for nakago description. Do we have members here who already submited such gendaito and can tell us if stamps are descripted or simply not mentioned, ignored? Thank you NB : to illustrate my poste, I posted a couple of pics of a RJT gendaito with small Seki stamps.
  15. Thanks Dan! You have better eyes and knowledge than me!
  16. Hi, May I have a translation of this Hozon kantei sho? I cannot read smith or date. I would appreciate more infos. Thank you
  17. How many blades I don't know but over 500 items according to Chris B.
  18. Mine passed 70 points kantei sho. It's fair considering the blade condition.
  19. Literally wakizashi were not reglementary swords within the IJA, the ones existing with a nagasa inferior to 61 cm are more short katana.
  20. SEKI Kanemichi with NBTHK Hozon paper dated 06/01/2016 (already posted on another thread before) https://www.Japanese-sword-katana.jp/未分類/1610-1123.htm
  21. Thanks Bruce! NTHK NPO did papered showato for a short time but not anymore. Anyway, it would be interesting to reference all the showa-to we come across who get papered, not matter the shinsa and when they did it.
  22. This was done before they instituted their no showa-to policy.
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