Seki Stamped Gendaito

[moss]

Hello all,

Here is a "Gendaito" with a seki stamp.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Nice-WW2-GENDAITO-S ... 0549600707

 

Cheers Moss

[estcrh]

Hello all,

Here is a "Gendaito" with a seki stamp.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Nice-WW2-GENDAITO-S ... 0549600707

 

Cheers Moss

From what I understand it is impossible to guarantee that a seki stamped sword is gendaito no matter how traditional it looks..please correct me if I am wrong.

[SwordGuyJoe]

You are correct. But the laughing smiles seem to suggest that it is impossible to have a gendai seki stamped blade. I owned one and if I took the time to surf through my past messages, I also posted a link to a blade with papers (I believe from NTHK if memory serves - and it seldom does ) by Kanezane or Kanemichi or someone similar. I would agree that 99% of the seki stamped blades that I have viewed online and in hand were showato, but not 100%.

[george trotter]

Almost certainly a showato IMHO. I don't think the mei is ICHIBUN either (a good gendaitosho) ...it looks like ENDO ICHIMONJI, a recorded WWII Seki tosho who made gunto swords between 1939-1945. This is probably an honest mis-description by the seller...

Regards,

George.