oli Posted January 3 Report Posted January 3 HI, here is something special for sale, Gunsui-to made from Akinobu. It is in a very nice Shingunto Mounting and the Tsuba looks like new. It was part of the Plimpton Collection and was published in the book. Inscription: Gunsui-hagane wo motte Akinobu kore wo tsukuru, A lucky day in June, 1943 (Written using the Imperial Calendar system, so the year in the inscription is 2603). The Nagasa is about 66,5 cm and sorry I don´t have any other measurments because i haven't the right tools, but is a heavy thick Katana. Maybe made to cut through tanks . There are some small imperfection: scratches on the saya dent on the saya small black spots on one side of the kissaki Price is 6500 Euro + Shipping Feel free to ask if something is missing. Quote
oli Posted January 4 Author Report Posted January 4 1 hour ago, Bruno said: Nice sword, is it the original WW2 polish? I think so. i only know, that it is not polished after it was sold from the Plimpton collection. Regards Oli 1 Quote
oli Posted January 10 Author Report Posted January 10 Hi, i am always open for serious offers, or maybe a trade. Feel free to contact me, hope to find a nice home for this nice sword. cheers Oli Quote
oli Posted January 25 Author Report Posted January 25 Hi Vollker, yes, Akinobu is really rare. thanks you Oli Some additional information(swordsmith of Japan , Markus Sesko): AKINOBU (昭信), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Chiba – “Akinobu” (昭信), real name Hatano Yasuo (幡野保雄), born 1899, he studied under Kurihara Akihide (栗原昭秀) and worked as a rikugun-jumei-tōshō, kihin no retsu (Akihide), Special Honor Seat at the 6th Shinsaku Nihontō Denrankai (新作日本刀展覧会, 1941) There is also an example of an Akinobu in this book: Modern Japanese Swords: The Beginning of the Gendaito era Some links about Gunsui Hagane: http://ohmura-study.net/208.html https://www.nihontoc...om/Gunsuihagane.html https://www.nihontocraft.com/Kanetomo.html Quote
oli Posted January 31 Author Report Posted January 31 23 minutes ago, Volker62 said: Oli is the Plimton cataloge included? Hi Volker, unfortunately not, i never had the book, sorry Oli Quote
oli Posted Saturday at 09:05 AM Author Report Posted Saturday at 09:05 AM last bump... it seems no one is interested... 1 Quote
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