Second Thread on Gary's Swords

[PNSSHOGUN]

Keen to see the others you decided to keep if they are as nice as this.

[MichaelZWilliamson]

Those will be next.

[ChrisAWilson]

Wow! Nice one!!!!

[MichaelZWilliamson]

Also interested in paying them for this one.

 

 

Inside the leather, the ishizuki has come loose.

[MichaelZWilliamson]

Any thoughts on this one?

[PNSSHOGUN]

Can't see the Mei very well, mounts are pretty average but blade looks nice. The Kyu Gunto is much nicer.

[MichaelZWilliamson]

I love the hamon on this one, though.

[mywei]

I thinks Bishu osafune junin Morimitsu (盛光)

Not sure about nengo but could be Oei 26 August

 

Looks promising imho

[Bruce Pennington]

I can see why you want it.  Love the hamon pattern!

[MichaelZWilliamson]

8 hours ago, mywei said:

I thinks Bishu osafune junin Morimitsu (盛光)

Not sure about nengo but could be Oei 26 August

 

Looks promising imho

Can you elaborate on that for me, please?

[mywei]

4 hours ago, MichaelZWilliamson said:

Can you elaborate on that for me, please?

Sorry I was in a rush when typing my earlier reply

The signature appears to be imo Bishu Osafune junin Morimitsu, dated August, 26th year of Oei (1419).

I may be incorrect however as I'm not sure Oei Morimitsu ever signed with "junin" perhaps one of the Bizen experts will chime in

 

See ref http://www.sho-shin.com/oei.htm

[MichaelZWilliamson]

I expect it's gimei.  That looks like a much more recent blade. Anyone?

[MichaelZWilliamson]

Last one.

 

The ashi are loose and slide freely.

[Bruce Pennington]

Hard to tell on my phone, but it looks like the scabbard is custom fitted with some thing like raised skin or your skin? Mine is the same way, and the adjoining slide.  I’ve always wondered why the Navy didn’t secure their fittings with screws like the army does.

[ChrisAWilson]

I like the blade on this one!

[MichaelZWilliamson]

I'll be deleting most of the images from my online archive soon.  Anyone is welcome to keep copies for reference.

 

Thanks for helping ID and sell these.

[Bruce Pennington]

50 minutes ago, MichaelZWilliamson said:

I'll be deleting most of the images from my online archive soon

Michael,

Do you mean to delete them from this NMB thread?  If so, please reconsider.  In researching various smiths and gunto types, I have come across a number of threads where this was done and it's quite frustrating.  Sometimes the deleted image was something I specifically needed for the issue at hand, but it's now gone forever.  New guys also learn much from these discussions, but without the images, the discussions become almost worthless.

 

They are your property, so I respect your right to do so, and maybe there's a good reason.  Sure would hate to loose them though.

[MichaelZWilliamson]

They're linked from my site.  I have a lot of bandwidth--my wife owns the server.  But it's not unlimited.

I still can't add any new images to the site. I started with 25 MB available, and it's been 4.88 MB since the first upload.

[Bruce Pennington]

This is starting to drift out of my tech abilities, but if you are worried about the 9mb limit on uploads, that only means you can only upload 9 on each post.  I probably have 3000mb of photos I've posted over the years.

 

And for your server link, Brian can correct me if wrong, but these photos we upload are just here at NMB.  Your server can die or be turned off and we can all still see the photos. 

 

Oh, after re-reading your post, are you saying you, as a member, only have 25mb total that you can post, like a lifetime limit?

[Brian]

Nope...he has plenty. But I still prefer pics to be reduced to under 500k or even 200k....we have over 600,000 files and growing fast.

[MichaelZWilliamson]

2 hours ago, Brian said:

Nope...he has plenty. But I still prefer pics to be reduced to under 500k or even 200k....we have over 600,000 files and growing fast.

What I'm still seeing on my screen is this:


Drag files here to attach, or choose files...
No file chosen
Max total size: 4.88 MB

[MichaelZWilliamson]

We found one more. Naval dirk, I think. There's what appears to be a faint hamon, probably cleaned off.  I don't know if this style dismounts, or if so, how to do so.

 

 

[PNSSHOGUN]

Yes, Navy officers dirk. Most of these are non-traditional blades with etched Hamon. The tangs are generally blank, the Sakura in the middle of the handle is the Mekugi and is a threaded design.

 

http://ohmura-study.net/908.html

[MichaelZWilliamson]

Stainless can rust, but the rust on this suggests carbon steel based on my experience.

[PNSSHOGUN]

Many of them are carbon steel, the blades vary widely in these from oil quenched mill steel to the finest Gendai by top smiths of the era.