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Takeo SEKI : togishi1@gmail.com Takeo SEKI may not want to polish it since it is not traditionally forged. Then I would ask Woody Hall in Nevada or Benson in Hawai.

Still looking for one.

Nice find Bruce. I wish I could find a tsuba like this one.

May I ask who polished it? Any photos?

Shawn, Woody told me more or less the same regarding my Mantetsuto, it was 2 years ago. He won't polish standard showa-to but may do exception for well finished ones. I reach him on Messenger but can ask him more details to contact him if you need.

Woody Hall would do a fine polish on it.

Listed as Showa smith but as RJT though. Must have entered late. Minor smith. Kawashima Tadayoshi group

That 's about that also for me concerning another WW2 blade he has at the moment. I am a patient guy, not a problem for me to wait.

Hi Bruce, I delayed this project. Eventually Woody Hall shall do the polish but he has a 60 swords back log, so it won't be polished tomorrow!

I wonder how many points it got on the work sheet.

Still a nice sword that worths to be preserved with care.

NBTHK does not have a work sheet with a score of points like NTHK NPO does. They give the same hozon paper to a showato and to a good gendaito, without making any difference. It demeans all papers by lowering the standard.

Chris, Just copy and paste the number on the link on buyee ( cf my capshot).

Hello Daniel, Polish is in very good condition. May we know polisher's name please? Thanks!

Received my kantei sho (Star stamped Seki Mitsunobu WW2 gendaito) yesterday.

NTHK-NPO 2023 Shinsa Update from Chris Bowen: Regarding the kantei-sho ("papers"), many have contacted me asking when they will receive the kantei-sho. I expect them soon, hopefully within the next several weeks. Due to the large number of them, the fact that they are hand written on hand made paper, and the age of the parties involved, it is taking longer than expected. Rest assured once they arrive I will ship them to their owners asap. Thanks for your patience.

Thanks Simon. Any idea if the bohi was made when the sword was forged or added later?

I would be interested to see examples of military stamped showato or star stamped gendaito with bohi. So far, the ones I saw were private orders non-stamped showato and gendaito. Thanks

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

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.

Chris, thanks for putting them side by side. I recently bought mine from Ebay, seller is in Texas.

I think so. A third tsuba of this model will enlight us!

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.