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昭和拾乙亥歲三月吉日 = on an auspicious day in March of Shōwa 10, year of the wood pig 渡邊來助所持 = owned by Watanabe Raisuke

Hello, can someone please give me a full translate of this Nakago from showa period? Thank you.

Everything looks good to me. Looks like a nice sword. Unfortunate that the serial number has been buffed away. It has the right stamps on the ferrule to theoretically match the scabbard #. But it’s also possible it was buffed intentionally because it didn’t match. Unfortunately we’ll never know, and that may hurt the value a little bit. All the best, -Sam

Looks legit with that bohi. @Scogg could say more about if this tsuba existed in this serial range. edit. Found close example tokyo kokura http://www.guntoartswords.com/010956.html Pattern 2 = Aluminium handle - 9mm Brass tsuba - Mirrored ito. and you could learn a lot from https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/29722-type-95-gunto-worksheet/#comments

Hello: I picked up a Japanese cavalry manual from 1912 and thought I would share some pics for those interested. The first is a layout of the cavalry soldier's kit (note the type 32 on the table). The second is one of the pics on riding position. I found it interesting that the artist took some artistic license (licence in UK and Oz) with the horse's eyes. John C.

There is one of just the saddle that I didn't take. But I do have a few others. Note the sword rig. John C.

Hmmm. It's not easy to explain briefly. The quality of the craftsmanship is very poor. Even the signature is round and not angular / sharp, meaning it was not signed with a chisel. Look online for fake tsuba, you will found examples like yours.

I can't help you with the translation, but both tsuba are modern works. Probably cast bronze from china.

I find this VERY funny. The mon on my Goto Tokujo menuki are also suspiciously close to that of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Talk about casting shade. If I can find it, I am going to link an article written by our esteemed Markus Sesko @Markus https://markussesko.com/2013/04/23/goto-chojo-the-secret-saver-of-the-goto-family/ It makes for great context. Kojo's two kids, older brother Tokujo vs younger brother Chojo = Toyotomi vs Tokugawa

This could possibly be a merit robe from a Chinese secret society (會道門）, such as the 洪門 Hongmen or other 三合會 triad groups. Aside from several names, one of them is 光耀南非“Illuminating South Africa,” which suggests that it belonged to a branch based in South Africa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hongmen

Nah, I’ve got a shed full of them. Had to move them out of the house to make room for all the Honjo Masamunes. 😄 Seriously though, Darcy is probably the person to ask as he has a breakdown of Juyo swords by age. In fact it might be on his blog at Yuhindo.