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    Blades tired and i thought it a bit heavy but handles very well, back edge of tangs about 8mm at widest!
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    Another recent bulk purchase of blades.Curious about the bindings on the handle, uniform thick cotton or canvas, has anyone seen similar?
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    I just cant work out how its so bright, seller said its been untouched for 40 odd years and no sign of sealant.Any thought on what to try on the tang to get some air to it as cant leave it sooooooo bright!!!!
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    Purchased a large collection of mainly European swords but had a few Japanese. Heres one he purchase 40 years ago showing how lowly WW2 military swords were thought of back then that they were purchase for next to nothing and beople jazzed them up. The blades been buffed to hell and sadly you can still see remnants of a very pretty hamon, the tang i thought was just buffed badly aswell but i think its actually chromed????!! Army saya in in a bronze metallic shade i remember my mum using on here nails back in the 70s
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    Help with the signature greatly appreciated. Thankyou in advance
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    Would geisha have such a martial style belt?
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    Yes closest id found was Manchuria but not quite there and not like any of the other colonial ,someone suggested medic or bandsman🤷. Ill try your warrelic suggestion if everyones stumped here, cheers
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    Picked up this military belt, has a arisaka cartridge pouch, frog hanger that possibly fits a court sword as too small for bayonet etc( maybe batton? And has attached metal buckle thst i cant find in any of my books, any help appreciated Cheers Phil
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    This belongs to a friend and i took photos as he's translated half but i can't remember which side! Any help would be excellent. Cheers Phil
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    Thanks , yep was leaning towards navy
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    Sorry gents but this ones bugging me , badge is gone and cant work out if i have a navy summer cap stained tan or a Army cap bleached white , thought someone might be able to translate and lend a hand , beers on me when next we meet cheers Phil in Aus
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    Yes! Well spotted, of the The Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (飛燕, "flying swallow") Thankyou
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    Thanks Gents, very helpful, Yes i though the flush rivets were a WW2 era thing cheers Phil
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    Hello chaps, Bit of an odd one , just wondering if someone could help with characters on what ive been told is part of a ww2 Japanese fuselage. cheers, Phil
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    Wow good eyes but sadly when cleaning that area first with fine brush then needle to remove that section of paint it turned out to be crinkled paint. Blades ww2 with hot stamp and handles civilian so didnt think tsuba was old just what chap had at hand when off to war . thanks for your help gents.
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    Morning Chaps, have this civilian silver dragon tsuba off WW2 used sword, 80mm diameter by 5mm thick. Has a dragon and looks to be a petal mon , the sword its off has this green coating to all metal parts that i was leaving on, tsuba edge is silver black tarnished and its taken a hit which has caused a distortion in the metal as happens with softer antique silverware so thinking it may be possibly solid silver?? Any help would be appreciated cheers Phil
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    Morning Gents, hopefully these photos are better. cheers, Phil
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    Hello , any idea on maker/ date on this tsuba , iron with wheat sheaf's and foliage in gilt and possibly silver accents - bird of prey hovering with gilt beak, obversestream with gilt accented foliage. Copper habaki (is it wind or clouds & rain/ catscratch?) Any help appreciated
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    Thankyou SteveM and Bruce , Yes mine , did you want some more photos . What I understand of the Koa Isshin swords was that they were a "Asian" patriotic blade and the steel was from the asian mainland and shipped back to Japan to produce these swords(probably got it wrong , ill sit down tonight and look up). Im such a dope , ive another of these Koa Isshin Mantetsu sword , ill pull it apart and flick you photos on weekend as may be another for your survey.
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    Also characters on back edge
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    OK , Im terrible at this , managed SHOWA and some numbers and now my eyes are going blurry . Help please
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