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Hi Leen, your Kamon is called Goka Ni Mitsu Tomoe (Three comma shaped Jewels within a five segment stylised Melon)  tomoe2.gif

 

Hi John, your Kamon looks like Mitsu Ni Mitsu Gashiwa (Three Daimyo Oak Leaves within a Circle) kashiwa2.gif

 

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This is my favorite thread and should really be pinned to the front page. Here is my second Gunto and I think “high class”. Blade is ca. late 16th century signed Katsuie. This one has really ignited the fire; this may become an addiction. Any info on the mon?

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Here is a '94 double hanger, blade is a bo-hi, dated Eiroku 3rd year (1560), signed Taira Moritsune, pretty longish blade at 28 inches. Old but good polish, my guess is was probably in a kyu-gunto mounts pre war, and remounted for WW2. Not bad for its age. 

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This one I get recently has no high end koshirae nor is in great polish but the blade itself is of very good quality.

 

It is signed Sanemichi which is thought to be an art name for Tanabe Kuniyoshi, student of Kato Masakuni, a quite rare sword by this smith.

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Let’s keep this thread going. Here’s a new one for me. I’m told the mei translates to : Miraculous Takeyoriwake Abe Hiroaki made this. I’m just getting into collecting swords. The mei on this is what really drew me in. Nagasa 26.5” and total length is 39.5”

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Let’s keep this thread going. Here’s a new one for me. I’m told the mei translates to : Miraculous Takeyoriwake Abe Hiroaki made this. I’m just getting into collecting swords. The mei on this is what really drew me in. Nagasa 26.5” and total length is 39.5”

That's a great Rinji-seishiki, Nathan! Is it star-stamped? The blades in the double-release button saya tend to be gendaito.

 

Also, I love this mei, as it shows the mei-cutters were human too. He clearly skipped one of the kanji for the "44" and added it above the one he made the first time! I do the same thing when I'm making a big poster, like for a garage sale. My mind is 2 letters ahead and I skip a letter sometimes (heck, Ido that typing!).

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I think that 神妙 (Shinmyo) is some type of title or designation that was bestowed. Perhaps someone here knows more clearly.

 

Miraculous Takeyoriwake Abe Hiroaki made this.

 

神妙建依別阿部弘昭造之
Shinmyo Tateyoriwake Abe Hiroaki kore o tsukuru
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Thanks Ray. Yeah, I can’t find any information on Abe Hiroaki. I wonder if he often signed by another name. I was told that tateyoriwake is highly associated with Kochi prefecture and that there were other smiths with the family name “Abe” working there. But, I haven’t found anything.

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I have seen a Shingunto with a "monster tsuba".  What do we know about them???

 

BaZZa.

Bazz they can be found on early Type 94's, you can see the difference in size from:

 

A: "normal" thinner Sukashi Tsuba, the most commonly encountered on Type 94/Type 98

B: Thicker and slightly larger Sukashi Tsuba found on earlier Type 94's

C: "Monster" size, found on the early high grade Type 94, perhaps only made by one or two Koshirae suppliers?

 

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That Habaki and polish is exceptional. It seems utterly mad today that officers really carried such fine & valuable swords like these into battle, yet here they lie before us in all their splendor!

 

 More likely a higher end "desk jockey" or staff with that sword.

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