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  1. grapppa
    Tensho, I looked at the alignment of the holes and while the screw hole can be aligned, the mekugi hole seems to be off by 1/4" or so It is somewhat difficult to get an accurate picture of the situation, see pic. I would swear on a stack of bibles that this tsuka is original to the sword, so it stands to reason that the habaki may be the culprit. I will have to go through some more examples of late war swords to see if most, if not all, had habakis that matched the shinogi geometry....
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    Yes. The habaki is about 1/8" off from the shinogi. I would think that since brass was scarce, they used whatever habakis were available - and fit them to the blade even with the mismatched shinogi/shinogi ji geometry.
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    Bruce, the screw and peg were in a bag apart from the tsuka...so it was already loosely assembled when I got it...
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    Acquired this sword recently at the SOS show....the tang inscriptions are discussed here https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/48028-late-war-1944-pattern-officers-sword-rinji-seishiki-1940-date-inscription/ Blade measures 27" from tsuba to tip.. This variety has a screw and a peg...and from what I can see - it will be very difficult to get the screw to line up with the embedded nut and the holes...
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    Thank you all!
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    Not sure - another 'na' ?
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    There are 3 stamps on the blade. Below, Small ‘Na’ inspection stamp of the Nagoya Arsenal. Mune stamp looks like shichi
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    well - I think I buggered up the photos as the closeups seem harder to discern than the far away shot! Thanks for your help!
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    pic 2 (ju) - hachi - ?
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    My take is - pic 1 sho - wa - ju
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    I recently purchased a this sword - mei on both sides - however, what I think is a date inscription is very very lightly struck and hard to discern. The maker, on the other hand, is much easier; Kaneyoshi I believe. I can discern 6 mei. to be continued with more pics.... I will post details of the sword in the Military section later....
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    ChrisW, I very much suspected this to be a put-together example as it didnt conform to any of the known variations - at least in my 2 references (F&G, Dawson). Thank you.
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    This is a bit of an odd bird - although there apparently were many variations of the Kyu gunto. The fittings look somewhat plain - the pattern on the hilt is like police; however there are military 10 petal blossoms. And its shortish - 20" long. Reminds of a police saber lengthwise - 20". thanks in advance.
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    First, disclosure - this is the Poulin sword It is definitely welded then filed; was this part of their recycling of otherwise defective swords? Or was it because they had a matching tsuka for the tang and they recycled that??? Pic of tsuka mouth wooden side...number 99 on left; is that a 7 on the right?
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    It looks like welded then filed ...
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    Additional photos
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    Found another post-war PX/souvenir sword. Typical characteristics; no signature; serial number 99. Two mekugi ana. Naval stamped. Notice the roman numerals on the habaki representing 99 - XIIII XIIII,
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    Here is my translation of mei found on a recently purchased kai gunto. Please confirm/correct as needed. This is the first WWII gunto that had the date written in year of imperial rule format - I learned this while using Slough as a guide and old posts on this site. Of the dozens of swords that I have owned, this is the first that had such a date format! (pics taken in different lighting - hence the variance) Thank you in advance.
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    Pics of the blade for #97 Toyosuke
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    Naval anchor stamp
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    one piece fuchi-seppa
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