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Navy Officers Sword What do I have No 4


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The pictures do a pretty god job of showing you what I have this time.  The total length of the blade is 3 inches.  It has a few spots on the blade otherwise it is quite nice.  Is the red paint on the tang of any meaning?  The other side is about the same as this one and I do have pictures if anyone wants them. 

 

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Dear Michael.

 

This is turning out to be quite the find, isn't it?  A very nice Kaigunto, showato blade but Kaigunto are scarcer than Shingunto and this is in nice condition.  The red lacquer marks are assembly numbers, nothing remarkable there.

 

I'll bet that blade is longer than 3 inches!  😁

 

All the best.

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6 hours ago, PNSSHOGUN said:

dark spots at the top of the hamon peaks.

John,

As someone less than a novice at nihonto, please forgive my question, but I don't see the dark spots you mention.  Could you point it out for me?  My thought was oil quenched, too though, as the hamon lacks the finer details normally seen on water quenched blades, right?

 

Another rookie question: the blade does seem to have been folded, as there is texture to the skin (hada?).  Do I have that right?

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There are a couple interesting features (to me) in the attached pic.  Overlapping hamon, and haven't seen the large square hamon pattern indicated by the ??? in the pic.   Wonder if it is supposed to symbolize something like the flowers or Mt Fuji in more artistic hamons?

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