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    Personally, I think it's modern
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    Not a serial number, but assembly numbers to keep all the parts together. No relevance to where it was made in the timeline. But nice if all parts are matching numbers.
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    Now tell us, for the average person coming across heaps of fairly generic out of polish blades (which will usually be Shinto or late Koto) of average quality...seeing a bunch with takanoha, how many do you think will turn out to be Yamato, and how many will be Seki? As I mentioned, it's not a rule. It is what it makes ME think of...based on the swords I've come across. I never stated it was a firm rule. For you, the swords you come across may be higher end, and more Yamato. But if you are browsing militaria shows etc, I still maintain you are going to find more generic Seki school than Yamato with takanoha.
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    Clearly you didn't read my post Jacques. Eric, you too. I said nothing of the sort.
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    Not Japanese. It's from some other SE Asian country, maybe Burma or Tibet etc. Don't think anyone else signed their swords.
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    Oops...sorry Fixed
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    I'd like to announce and thank our members who are going to be assisting us with moderating certain sections. I think it will benefit us all to have more eyes on the forum, and these people have graciously offered to assist with this task. I'll still be looking for one or 2 people to assist with the Izakaya, but finding impartial and fair people who won't take a side is understandably difficult. It's also not something I wish on anyone, but we do need one or 2 people there. Jean will continue to moderate over all sections as before, being the main moderator. The following sections will be assisted with moderation by the following members: General Nihonto Related Discussion: @Scogg (Sam) Translation Assistance: @Ray Singer and @Bugyotsuji (Piers) Auctions and Online Sales: @Scogg Nihonto: @Scogg Tosogu: @Curran Katchu: @uwe Military Swords: @Bruce Pennington and @Scogg Tanegashima: @Bugyotsuji Other Japanese Arts: @Bugyotsuji Sword Shows and Community News: @Mark For Sale/WTB: @Scogg Izakaya: TBA Thanks to these members, please grant them respect, thanks and best wishes.
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    Yip, one of the known and trusted dealers.
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    Sounds like a day out that I would have loved. Also love a good project so I would probably have bought them all. But I'm sure you did great, we await pictures.
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    I think that is a setting that I have had to disable for a while, as I go through things that will and won't work on new software. Will check it out over the next few days. Edit to add: I have re-enabled that feature, but note it is an external purchased plugin, which most likely won't work in a few months when we upgrade. But hopefully by then, there are replacement aftermarket plugins.
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    You want to buy one, or you are selling one?
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    You have to give me more to go on. Pc or cell? Screen cap of which menu?
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    A bit concerning

    Brian replied to Steves87's topic in Tosogu

    You did the right thing, and I'm sure he'll appreciate that we were all concerned for him. This is exactly what welfare checks are for, and I'm seriously glad he's ok. Well done!
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    Don't know enough about these to tell one way or another. Saw this on Facebook, wondered if someone wanted to check it out. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/653908327113130/
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    A bit concerning

    Brian replied to Steves87's topic in Tosogu

    Find it strange that someone can be so far out in the sticks that they don't have any real form of communication. What about Starlink or other satellite comms? I hope he's ok, maybe he's traveling. Sad that we don't have contact with any relatives or friends there. Hoping for the best.
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    Not that important to me, but I lean towards sujikai and katte sagari. Takanoha makes me think of common Seki, and kesho is nice, but later. You hardly ever see tsuchime and sen suki. Of course those are very much generalizations and there are many exceptions, but that's what goes through my head first.
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    Some seriously fine koshirae there. I guess there were no blades. Most on loan from private collectors?
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    Yes, I'm aware there was a themes hiccup, and some may have been set back to the default theme. If you used another theme, just select it again in your settings or below the forum. Was doing some maintenance, and had an issue. In the next few months, we will likely update to a brand new software version, which will be exciting and offer many new features, but there will be some changes (shudder, you guys don't handle change well) but there will be plenty of advantages. In the meantime, one thing that will definitely change is that you will need to login with your registration email address as username, not your current display name. But this is a while away, so you don't need to do anything now. But prepare by checking in your profile what email address you use, so that you are prepared. This is a standard thing where all forums are going, due to the fact that publicly displayed usernames make hacking much easier, as they are readily visible. By using emails (which are not visible to anyone) you add a layer of security. I'll be updating the news over the next few months, but no need to panic now. All remains the same.
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    Wow.
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    Sorry Nazar, but at least you got some good education out of it, and I am sure the next one will be much better. Good luck that side! Hope you stay safe. Now if you can just find a way to get me a captured Kampo Ratnik 6X9-1 bayonet out of Ukraine...I'd be a very happy man :-) They keep dangling them at me on Reibert, but can't have one...lol We have some Ukraine collectors here, so the swords are out there. One hint, if you can see very visible hada like that, stay away. Nihonto usually has very subtle and less visible hada and the fakes overdo it.
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    I'm with Ray on this one. Looks like a legit sword with an added mei, and the nakago jiri is very reminiscent of Kaga.
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    Been ages since I was there. But I remember just walking down the book street, and every single shop I walked into had a section of books on swords or tosogu, mostly at cheap prices. You can really stock up if you feel like it. Some had far more than others, but there was no shortage.
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    Rob, It's going to be easy to take offense and think you are being treated unfairly. But if you've been here long enough, you'll see that we are fairly strict about restoration, don't allow amateur work at all, and are all of the opinion that we don't entirely own these items, just preserving them for future generations. That said, it is a wartime arsenal sword, so not as critical as antiques that we generally deal with, but hopefully you'll also understand that people are going to be harsh. Mainly to make sure that those amateurs reading who haven't yet taken their swords to a buff or sandpaper get the message, and maybe will reconsider. We are in the game of preserving and properly restoring. Sanding, buffing etc may make a sword look better to a knife collector, but to a Japanese sword collector it looks worse. Hides any hamon that was there, changes the edge geometry and generally takes it out of the league of collecting and into the hands of the general "sword swinger" Again, not trying to offend, just being blunt for the next guy who reads this before doing work himself. You have a genuine piece of WW2 history. What's done is done. It has an antique tsuba that may have been worth a few hundred. Resist the urge to do any more work, and it will still have some value for the future. Nakago patina is vital to the value of a Japanese sword. Cleaning it halves that value. Anyways, hope you got some decent info on the smith and what the sword is.
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