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Inna

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Bruce Pennington Grand Master

Bruce Pennington

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IJA Type 98 fittings.  The large Seki stamp is seen on DATED blades between 1940-1944 with the massive majority of them appearing in 1942.  HOWEVER, a great many of these blades are not dated.  One source states that the large Seki was used in parallel with the Showa stamp, which could mean the non-dated blades could have been made from 1935-1944 or, what I believe, made before the Army took control of sword production in 1942, so between 1935-1942.

 

The presence of the stamp means the blade was "showato" or non-traditionally made, but I've observed that these are found on good-to-high quality showato.

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