angus Posted July 24, 2019 Report Posted July 24, 2019 This Sword found its way into my Pals gun shop and the daughter of the veteran who brought it home from Japan had no information about it as always thank you for sharing your hard won knowledge 1 Quote
ROKUJURO Posted July 24, 2019 Report Posted July 24, 2019 BAKUMATSU era ANSEI third year = 1856MEI starts with ISSHIN, but cannot be MANTETSU. 1 Quote
Peter Bleed Posted July 25, 2019 Report Posted July 25, 2019 Well, gee. I hate it when guys don't follow the pattern. But I have no pride, so, let me ask if sword is by MASATSUNE, and signed something like Ishinsai Masatsune oite Tokyo, so maybe by that Bungo guy but while he was up in Edo - as things were heating up... MAS1247 NEAT SWORD - and I love the tsuba! Peter 2 Quote
angus Posted July 27, 2019 Author Report Posted July 27, 2019 Thank you Peter, Sadly some person had at the blade with a wire brush. So the topic for the current owner and myself is if the sword deserves a polish and any sort of restorative efforts. All of this depends on the pedigree etc. Again thanks to all who made the effort. Kris. Quote
angus Posted July 27, 2019 Author Report Posted July 27, 2019 Also we are gun and sometimes antique sword , dagger, militatia sellers and usualy a few times a year one of us will come up with these swords as folks darken our doorsteps looking to make some cash off of the estates they were left with. This sort of thing does happen frequently And some neat stuff has come into play over the past 35 years. So when we come across these swords we post here for the expert oppinion, Quote
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