Bruce Pennington Posted July 26, 2020 Report Posted July 26, 2020 Neil (IJASWORDS) owns an RJT gendaito with "特" TOKU stamped on the mune. Does anyone know the signifigance of the term? Why would an inspector have a stamp that says "Toku"? Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted July 26, 2020 Author Report Posted July 26, 2020 "Well isn't THAT special!" Ha! What a unique thing to stamp on a blade. It was on a star-stamped RJT blade, after all, but his is the only one I've seen with this stamp. Thanks again! Quote
Surfson Posted July 26, 2020 Report Posted July 26, 2020 So Tokubetsu Hozon is especially worthy of preservation... Quote
Kiipu Posted July 26, 2020 Report Posted July 26, 2020 Maybe this will help refresh everyone's memory. "Arsenal Stamps." http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/5999-arsenal-stamps/page-13?do=findComment&comment=302704 Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted July 27, 2020 Author Report Posted July 27, 2020 Maybe this will help refresh everyone's memory. "Arsenal Stamps." http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/5999-arsenal-stamps/page-13?do=findComment&comment=302704 Thanks Kiipu! I understand now. Back then, I simply thought you were saying the blade required a special inspector's approval. I had no idea the kanji litterally meant "special". It reminds me of the early years when I read Ohmura's description of Mantetsu serial numbers using the iroha system. I didn't know what he meant, so it went right by me. I've updated the Stamps Doc to reflect this, thank you! 1 Quote
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