WWII Officers Sword

[Virginian]

This is the other sword my grandfather captured during WWII. I posted pictures of it on the identification page and was told that the stamp showed it being made by Asano Kanasane. I have spent a couple weeks using oil and scraping it with a piece of antler and I think this is as good as it will be. I might continue to soak it to see if anymore if the corrosion comes off.

 

Any help with identification will be appreciated.

 

Thanks,

George V

[Bruce Pennington]

The pig-shaped stamp confirms the Kanezane smith. It was his personal mark.

 

Interesting to see the very plain kabutogane (end-cap of the handle). It was clearly made to be permanently covered with leather. You can see the leather was worn off or torn off at some time in the past.

[BANGBANGSAN]

It could be :以安來鋼淺野兼真作之-Made from Yasugi steel by Asano Kanezane 

like this one

 

[Dave R]

Interesting to see the very plain kabutogane (end-cap of the handle). It was clearly made to be permanently covered with leather. You can see the leather was worn off or torn off at some time in the past.

 

 I have one just like it, and have seen others online. I think they're just a plain economy, utility version for a sword in field mounts and meant for use not parade. As one sensei put it, "once a sword is drawn the the quality of the mounts becomes irrelevant".   The only completely leather covered tsuka I have seen have been traditional Buke-Zukuri pattern, covered in leather as a quick and dirty fix to make them usable in the field. 

[dwmc]

Another example of the plain economy version Dave R. mentioned, yet I really haven't seen every many of this style shingunto tsuka...late war perhaps??