Bruce Pennington Posted August 30, 2019 Report Posted August 30, 2019 Good catch, Neil! I'm on the road and don't have my books, can you give us the context of the "advertisement"? Was it a wartime, Japanese ad? Quote
Kiipu Posted August 2, 2023 Report Posted August 2, 2023 On 2/14/2019 at 2:32 PM, Mister Gunto said: Takayama Forge made blade by Hattori Masahiro. Note the encircled anchor on the nakago. Very unusual to see this on a Takayama sword. Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted August 2, 2023 Report Posted August 2, 2023 11 hours ago, Kiipu said: Very unusual to see this on a Takayama sword. Checking my files. Not done yet, but half (4/8) have anchors, both large and small. 1 1 Quote
Kiipu Posted August 2, 2023 Report Posted August 2, 2023 OK, thanks, it had just not registered that these were marked like this. Quote
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