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Volker, what do you mean by "papered" tanto. I can't see any NBTHK or NTHK papers.

On 8/6/2023 at 3:17 AM, waljamada said:

when they start coming in

kantei sho should come next month I hope

 

 

 

I have a star stamped gendaito signed Seki Mistunobu that has also 2 tiny Seki stamps. It recently papered Kanteisho.

Indeed Chris, they so much the same! 

Yes we need another model that a member already own or will.

I feel the stackings may be for decorative purpose in the case of this model.

4 hours ago, vajo said:

Maybe your tsuba is that from the yahoo auction in Japan?

Chris, thanks for putting them side by side. 

I recently bought mine from Ebay, seller is in Texas.

1 hour ago, Bruce Pennington said:

They don’t seem to push the edges inward like the other stacking marks do

I think so.

A third tsuba of this model will enlight us!

44 minutes ago, vajo said:

These marks are hammered to fit the nakago ana to the blade.

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.

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?

On 7/30/2023 at 12:02 AM, lonely panet said:

is that tsuba interested you

Hello Hamfish,

Thanks but I already have this cherry blossoms tsuba. I am sure someone else could be interested.

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)

Any photo of the hamon?

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

Does anybody know when the NTHK NPO certificates will be sent to their new owners?

14 hours ago, Big Jimp said:

Finally, who are the better togishi in the greater United States area?

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/

Glad of my two tsuba kake for my humble gunto tsuba "collection".

8 hours ago, Bruce Pennington said:

Poulin Auction

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. 

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.

18 minutes ago, Brian said:

I don't think they would ever be mentioned.
 

I would think so but it would be relevant to mention them on the nakago description. I mean, it would make sense.

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.

Thanks Dan! You have better eyes and knowledge than me!

Hi,

May I have a translation of this Hozon kantei sho? I cannot read smith or date.

I would appreciate more infos.

Thank you

How many blades I don't know but over 500 items according to Chris B.

Mine passed 70 points kantei sho. It's fair considering the blade condition.

9 hours ago, cju777 said:

Courtesy of Mr. Chris Bowen in one of the FB groups:

Thanks Chris. 

Do you know who is who on the photo?

Literally wakizashi were not reglementary swords within the IJA, the ones existing with a nagasa inferior to 61 cm are more short katana.