Seki Tachi frankensword?

[Frank]

Hey folks, somehow i've got my hands on what seems to be a tachi mounted seki blade? The saya has some paint chipping also wrap and hardware is coming loose, and sadly missing the endcap. Tsuka is mint but very loose and ill-fitting but mekugi lines up. Habaki was a worthless cast brass pos, replaced that with a 2 piece copper habaki that fits like a glove. Tsuba is a single solid cast brass piece?? (Always thought tachi koshirae had multi-piece tsubas) also included to shim the whole thing, 1 generic brass seppa and 2 gunto seppa stamped 52. Blade is clean with no chips or cracks, not very sharp, hamon barely visible. Seki stamped and looks like the nakago has been cleaned. Mei not yet translated. Nagasa is 65 cm. Paid 600 bucks for the thing. Keen to hear your thoughts.

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[Marcin]

Another postwar gi's souvenir?

[ROKUJURO]

Frank,

looks like a KATANA blade (SHOWA-TO) in a modern ITOMAKI no TACHI KOSHIRAE.

[David Flynn]

These are presentation swords, from the early Showa Period.  Most came with Showa To, however, I have seen one with a Gendaito.

[lonely panet]

Looks like a put together piece. Seppa are letted for latch. But tsuba isnt.

 

Ito is new.  Backyard stuff

[Bruce Pennington]

They both could be right, Showa era tachi, missing parts or bad shape, restored by a recent collector.  

 

I just recently saw that mei in my files, but have forgotten who it was.  Maybe @SteveM can helps us out?

[SteveM]

Hi guys, looks like Kataoka Kunihiro 片岡国廣 

[Bruce Pennington]

13 hours ago, SteveM said:

Hi guys, looks like Kataoka Kunihiro 片岡国廣 

Yep!  Matches the mei style of the others in my files.  Just couldn't remember who it was.  Thanks, Steve!