Medina San1 Posted October 11, 2014 Report Posted October 11, 2014 Hello to all, I just wanted to get some kind of discussion going on this Tachi. I have not seen many of these signed Tachi mei. Koa Isshin Mantetsu date 1940 Your opinions are much welcome Dan Quote
Stephen Posted October 11, 2014 Report Posted October 11, 2014 Quite the find Dan, rare bird indeed. I think that would fetch Yasakunito prices or more. Quote
cabowen Posted October 11, 2014 Report Posted October 11, 2014 It was remounted for the tachi mounts.... 1 Quote
Medina San1 Posted October 11, 2014 Author Report Posted October 11, 2014 It was remounted for the tachi mounts.... Being that it's been remounted with original manetetsu mounts what does that mean as a whole? How rare is it to be found signed Tachi mei? Dan Quote
cabowen Posted October 11, 2014 Report Posted October 11, 2014 No idea but I would suspect it would be even more desirable (not that it isn't already to a certain slice of collectors) if it was clear that the blade hadn't been previously drilled. I, personally, don't like to see gendaito with more than the original mekugi-ana and tend to avoid them in most cases. It is really a rare and interesting item regardless and as said, no doubt quite valuable. Congrats! 1 Quote
Ted Tenold Posted October 12, 2014 Report Posted October 12, 2014 Indeed a very good find. There are not many of these in complete and good condition. My understanding is that they were produced as gifts to employees that had reached 25(?) years of service, and as gifts to VIP's. I have seen two here in the US, of which one was missing some parts, and heard rumor of another complete one in the UK, but never confirmed. I have pictures of the complete one in my archive somewhere. I think I may have posted some images of it here way back when also. Iirc, the complete example I saw also had two mekugi ana. I suspect because the blades were pulled out of the production line and then fitted to the tachi koshirae. There is sometimes some very interesting memorabilia from the South Manchurian Railway Company available on ebay and Train Enthusiast sites. Quote
kusunokimasahige Posted October 12, 2014 Report Posted October 12, 2014 The logo of the SMRC on the fittings is also what makes this one very very special : Quote
Brian Posted October 12, 2014 Report Posted October 12, 2014 Great info Ted, thanks for sharing. Sounds logical to me. I guess there cannot be many of these left in Japan either, since I think they count as Showato? I bet there are koshirae around, with the swords having been destroyed. So in cases like this, it is up to us to preserve their history I would definitely email the pics to Ohmura san, in case he wants to add the info to his site or maybe he can add some info. Brian Quote
k morita Posted October 12, 2014 Report Posted October 12, 2014 Medina San1, Great find!!!! Is there a serial# on the back of the tang? Thank you Brian, There is already Mantetsu Tachi-Sword pics on Omura's web site. :D Quote
Brian Posted October 12, 2014 Report Posted October 12, 2014 Morita san, I suspected there might be, and was going to check just after posting that..but you beat me to it :D I guess the question is whether Dan owns this one now, or if it is just for sale somewhere out there... Brian Quote
Medina San1 Posted October 12, 2014 Author Report Posted October 12, 2014 Morita san, I suspected there might be, and was going to check just after posting that..but you beat me to it :D I guess the question is whether Dan owns this one now, or if it is just for sale somewhere out there... Brian It's not for sale at this time... let me take a closer look for any numbers, I don't remember seeing any since I took the photos right before going to bed... give me a few minutes to look and I'll let you know. Dan Quote
Medina San1 Posted October 12, 2014 Author Report Posted October 12, 2014 Here are the kanji on the backside as requested. I believe the numbers are 374 but i don't recognize the character above the numbers. Dan Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted April 25, 2019 Report Posted April 25, 2019 Thought I'd re-open this thread to add the 2 tachi mounted Mantetsu Stegel showed us recently. As these are quite rare, it would be nice to have a thread documenting them. and Quote
Kiipu Posted November 12, 2020 Report Posted November 12, 2020 On 10/12/2014 at 10:50 AM, Medina San1 said: I believe the numbers are 374 but i don't recognize the character above the numbers. The character is the hiragana character と (to). Thus the serial number is と 三七四 [to 374]. 1 1 Quote
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