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  1. reeder
    Yoshinaga.
  2. reeder
    The close up of the blade with the choji hamon is the blade in the Type 3 mounts. The pictures are in pairs for the 3 swords.
  3. reeder
    Here's a few. 1) Type 94 with mumei blade that was beat up, but mounts were minty. Regrettably let this one go. 2) Type 98 w/ mon. Seller was so kind to shine up the fittings for me before shipping it out. This one also has shrapnel damage to the scabbard & tsuba. The blade just has some minor pitting from the opening and was fortunately not damaged itself from the shrapnel. 3) Type 3 with copper fittings & nice star stamped blade.
  4. reeder
    Yoshiharu.
  5. reeder
    In case anybody is looking to take over the project - https://www.ebay.com/itm/WWII-Japanese-Naval-Officers-Kai-Gunto-Nihonto-Katana-Samurai-Sword-Signed/132538304274?hash=item1edbe60712:g:zRUAAOSwZZ5aqKhC
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    I'd dump it and try to find a complete example in better shape, you'd have a nice original wartime example and way more money left in your pocket vs trying to restore and piecemeal this one back together. They're plenty of complete gunto mounts out there, but would be tough to find something where everything fit. But how many collectors are into mismatched, post war put together swords when you decide it's time to move on? It's hard enough to sell nice stuff with all matching, original parts these days.
  7. reeder
    Here's a meiji dated sword by Gassan Sadakazu with the kikusui. http://world.seiyudo.com/product/ka-080417/
  8. reeder
    Rock island draws lots of different buyers with deep pockets.
  9. reeder
    The Fuchi is just fine, the tsuba is just fine, the nakago looks more wwii lower end to me rather than an “clearly older blade”, the kabutogane is just fine. It’s a genuine wartime artifact handed down by your grandfather, enjoy it as such. Vajo has a habit of making up issues with other people’s swords that don’t truly exist.
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    Ohmura has 3 listed, 2 star stamped dated 1943 & 1944, and the third dated 1943. Maybe last stage, maybe not. Most examples have mid-war gendai, doesn’t sound too much like last stage to me. But what do I know? not sure what you’re referencing, replied to wrong thread?
  11. reeder
    Fuller & Gregory and Dawson list the mounts as potential prototype mounts, not last stage. Mine has a 1943 star stamped blade. The authors do not list the date/maker of their pictured swords so we're stuck with one data point for now, unless someone has or has seen another.
  12. reeder
    This is the copper fitting variation referenced by Fuller & Gregory. There’s also pictures of one in Dawson’s book. Edit: Added higher res pictures
  13. reeder
    Done in his garage along with his sand paper polish work.
  14. reeder
    On another note, the Kanehide is one of the few gendai seen in Type 3 mounts with the olive green metal scabbard. Would love that blade in my collection!
  15. reeder
    Kanenori has always gotten a lot of love and higher prices due to his rating in Slough's. He's a step up from the average seki smith, but far from a nice gendai. I have seen a couple of his star stamped blades and they were ok, but I would not expect them to sell for much more, if any, than his showa/seki stamped examples.
  16. reeder
    Definitely not post war additions. I have a gendai dated 1934 in Type 98 mounts with remnants of the rope sarute in addition to later blades.
  17. reeder
    Definitely not a Mantetsu-to
  18. reeder
    I’ve had most of my domestic shipments drop off for a few days to a couple of weeks, they eventually pop back up and are delivered.
  19. reeder
    Love the idea, and hope it gets the momentum to get going and to stick around.
  20. reeder
    Mantetsu > NCO for sure. 1941 Was a good year for Mantetsu-to. They tend to be nicely done all around.
  21. reeder
    Smith - Nobumitsu Stamp above date - Seki stamp Stamp on nakago mune - Showa stamp Can't see the other stamp you refer to Date - Showa 19, 12th month -> December 1944 Paint usually matches assembly numbers on other parts - 1366
  22. reeder
    Yes, I have decided to sell these swords to fund new purchases or some restoration work. There are no hagire and the sword is not lost, these are only scratches. The sword is in the same condition as I found it. I'm not sure how the scratches got there. They were on there when I received it, and we can only speculate what was stabbed or done to it. I have also listed the naval sword by Hidehiro's son, Mitsuhiro, at auction.
  23. reeder
    Just do a search on Kunimori through eBay, dealer sites, etc... My vote is get it. Unless your in TX, then let me know where it is so I can go get it.
  24. reeder
    You got it, Neil.
  25. reeder
    No need for better pictures. The smith is Katsumasa, dated Showa 20 (1945).
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