Sorry i should have checked the date.it was done by the same person who wrote fujiwara inplace of minamoto on my Kunishige work sheet.
I can not see showa at all in this blade the tsure hi is worn from repolishes more than one i think it has a old sword cut on mune 3 peg holes .It seems wrong to question the shinca teem but Chris has come up with very good points. Not Toshihide not showa I think but i am not the experts.
thanks
Bernard
One who looked at this sword said is it a shinshinto sword made to look koto ? ie a shinshinto copy of a koto sword?????
Papers are to stop the ? are thay not!
Merry Xmas
Xmas eve to night in Kiwiland :D
Hi Chris i was thinking of repolish and back to shinca.
A trained polisher looked at the sword before shinca and said it was a very good blade and dont be suprised if shinca team gave it shinshinto date.
Bernard
THe ww2 handle was rusted on to the nakago I thought it was a koto bizen blade before shinca
Regards Bernard
I cant work out all of the nthk paper so dont know if osuriage or not
He emailed me about my wanted ad but never replyed to my reply email and called me mate I thought it was a Kiwi living in the UK!
Lucky he did not reply
Bernard in NZ
this blade does not look like showa type swords .long sword large curve choji hamon bohi sture hi going right to eng of nakago.Nakago very rusty so no mei. I will up load a picture later
I HAVE A KATANA THAT PASSED NTHK KANTEISHO AS DEN HORII TOSHIHIDE MEIJI PERIOD .WOULD THIS BE SHINSHINTO OR GENDITO ? BEFORE SHINSA I THOUGH IT WAS KOTO BIZEN !