Cuirassier Posted March 22, 2017 Report Posted March 22, 2017 Hi guysI am struggling on this one. Zanekani Kaneyoshi? It has a kokuin. It a well (not good well) polished blade in early civilian / gunto mounts.Any ideas? Mark Quote
SteveM Posted March 22, 2017 Report Posted March 22, 2017 Here you go http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/843-crew-gunto-mei/ Quote
Cuirassier Posted March 22, 2017 Author Report Posted March 22, 2017 Thanks Steve Any ideas on the stamp / kokuin? Mark Quote
Stephen Posted March 22, 2017 Report Posted March 22, 2017 please show full shot of nakago and stamp location Quote
Stephen Posted March 22, 2017 Report Posted March 22, 2017 Hi Mark not full nakago, seems you like to crop not reduce size...lol dont think its a kokuni, more of a arsenal stamp Quote
Cuirassier Posted March 22, 2017 Author Report Posted March 22, 2017 It is in the right place for an arsenal stamp, but I have never seen one like it. I have been through all my reference books and can not find it anywhere Quote
Stephen Posted March 22, 2017 Report Posted March 22, 2017 have you gone thru all these? http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/5999-arsenal-stamps/ could be a miss strike as well Quote
SwordGuyJoe Posted March 22, 2017 Report Posted March 22, 2017 Mid-strike on the seki stamp would be my guess Quote
Cuirassier Posted March 22, 2017 Author Report Posted March 22, 2017 Hello Stephen, Joe I do not believe it is a misstrike. It looks nothing like any of those in Fuller's and Gregory's book. It is very weird, so say the least. Quote
Cuirassier Posted March 23, 2017 Author Report Posted March 23, 2017 I am certain not Seki. Gifu? Quote
Stephen Posted March 23, 2017 Report Posted March 23, 2017 post 68 in my previous link. did you read all the pages?? Quote
Cuirassier Posted March 23, 2017 Author Report Posted March 23, 2017 post 68 in my previous link. did you read all the pages?? I did, thanks Stephen, but they do not look the same to me, at all. Quote
Stephen Posted March 23, 2017 Report Posted March 23, 2017 Mark i thought it might in misstruck which im pretty sure yours is, maybe not the stamp but sure it wasnt full strike. Quote
Cuirassier Posted March 23, 2017 Author Report Posted March 23, 2017 Sure, maybe, I can not find anything else anywhere else. Just a weird mark, more raised like a kokuin, then struck like a normal arsenal stamp. Didn't expect it to be gold, just some lesser known marking. Quote
Stephen Posted March 23, 2017 Report Posted March 23, 2017 one thing about gunto when one thinks hes seen it all something new shows up it would help to have it posted right Quote
Cuirassier Posted March 24, 2017 Author Report Posted March 24, 2017 one thing about gunto when one thinks hes seen it all something new shows up it would help to have it posted right ukstamp.jpg Nope, it is not a Seki stamp. I have looked and looked and looked at it. It is more like a kokuin (OK, it is not a kokuin). Quote
Cuirassier Posted March 24, 2017 Author Report Posted March 24, 2017 Well, we see what we see yes? The bits most like a Seki stamp are not stamped in, but stand out. That is a fact. I do not know what mark it is, but it is not a Seki stamp; I have seen plenty enough to know. Quote
Brian Posted March 24, 2017 Report Posted March 24, 2017 I agree there...there does appear to be some positive relief areas that are normally punched it. No idea though Quote
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