Seth Posted June 3, 2023 Report Share Posted June 3, 2023 After reading through this thread when it popped into my feed I looked into my mumei type 98. I believe you are correct on the \ being 5 if you haven't already come to that conclusion My nakago, fuchi, and habaki are filed with \I + III. The tsuba and tseppa are marked with 63. No stamps that I can find FWIW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted June 3, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2023 9 hours ago, John C said: they tried to stamp the 58 as XXX + XX + whatever, rather than just / + /III. Ah, now I see! I couldn't figure out what the heck that number was! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BANGBANGSAN Posted June 6, 2023 Report Share Posted June 6, 2023 On 6/3/2023 at 9:09 PM, Bruce Pennington said: Ah, now I see! I couldn't figure out what the heck that number was! Yep,XXXXX 50 and /III 8=58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John C Posted June 6, 2023 Report Share Posted June 6, 2023 3 hours ago, BANGBANGSAN said: Yep,XXXXX 50 and /III 8=58 Trystan: This is one of the things that made me curious. Typically, it seems, the numbers were not added together - just written down. For 58, I would not expect a bunch of x's added together; instead I would expect just the / for 5 and the /III for 8. Was it common for the numbers to have been added? John C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tensho Posted June 6, 2023 Report Share Posted June 6, 2023 Not sure if this is of any interest, but I just picked this up, 133 on all parts.. Army Gunto, older blade. Everything is in pretty rough shape.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tensho Posted June 6, 2023 Report Share Posted June 6, 2023 Continuation to saya. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John C Posted June 6, 2023 Report Share Posted June 6, 2023 Looks right. You'll notice the tsuka is marked with what looks like a + rather than a - for the one. I have seen this before; probably so they did not confuse the 1 3 with a 4. I have also seen them use the + or x in place of a 0. John C. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BANGBANGSAN Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 @Bruce Pennington Found 6 "X"s on the handle spine of a factory reworked type 30 bayonet, and the wood grip marked 60. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John C Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 Reworked - that's interesting. Could explain the variation in how the roman numbers were written. John C. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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