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  1. Bruce Pennington
    Excellent! Thanks Ray! I at first looked for "Kane", but couldn't find one in the JSI list. I should have checked Sesko's: "KANESHIGE (金繁), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Gifu – “Kaneshige” (金繁), real name Takasaki Saburō (高崎三郎), born June 9th 1917, student of Kojima Kanemichi (小島兼道), he worked as guntō smith and died July 10th 1963, posthumous Buddhist name Shaku Kyōshin (釈教真), ryōkō no retsu (Akihide)"
  2. Bruce Pennington
    Little help, please? "Kin" is the only kanji I can recognize. It's on a large Seki-stamped Type 98. Not dated.
  3. Bruce Pennington
    @Seriouss14 Ravi, Steve has a nice Navy Takayama sword for sale:
  4. Bruce Pennington
    Here's a unique one posted by rfleming32 on this Wehrmacht-awards Thread.
  5. Bruce Pennington
    Here's a good link for caring for your blade: Sword Care - Japaneseswordindex.com
  6. Bruce Pennington
    It is definitely a WWII blade. The large Seki stamp was only used between 1940 and 1944. Most blades with date, bearing the stamp were made in 1942. Posting a couple of photos for posterity.
  7. Bruce Pennington
    That's cool, Sam! Did you get a reading on that mon?
  8. Bruce Pennington
    Did some digging in Sesko's list. He doesn't have any Kanesada using 兼㝎, not that this by itself is conclusive, but he actually has one using the exact same full mei as the one in your link: "KANESADA (兼定), Kanbun (寛文, 1661-1673), Musashi – “Bushū-jū Izumi no Kami Kanesada” (武州住和泉守兼定), “Kanesada” (兼定), “Izumi no Kami Minamoto Kanesada” (和泉守源兼定)"
  9. Bruce Pennington
    Got it, Mal, thanks! I'm still only half-way through Part 1! I like your writing, and your research is incredible. Much appreciated!
  10. Bruce Pennington
    Mon on a kaigunto owned by @mdiddy posted HERE.
  11. Bruce Pennington
    Here's one on a Tenshozan Forge kaigunto, owned by @mdiddy Matt, source - @mecox Mal's Japanese Naval Swords, Part 1
  12. Bruce Pennington
    Thanks Brian! I obviously failed to read the Operating Instruction booklet!
  13. Bruce Pennington
    Excellent, thanks! BTW, I use the term in the most academic sense - that I am totally uneducated about so-and-so - ignorant of needed knowledge.
  14. Bruce Pennington
    I keep seeing that someone here or there has changed the Thread title, but I cannot see how that is done, or what to click on to change a title.
  15. Bruce Pennington
    Forgive my ignorance, but all I know about "Kyu" is it means "old" as in Kyu-gunto vs Shin (new)-gunto. Does this mean something else?
  16. Bruce Pennington
    A clarification by @uwe : "Not Kiku, Bruce, but “Kyū-Mon” (or hoshi ). Can’t tell if Hosokawa-kyū, Kokumochi-kyū or Maru ni kyū, though…"
  17. Bruce Pennington
    That's quite a sword, you have there Sam! We could use a clear photo showing the blade, but from what I can make out, it does resemble this Murata-to on this Ohmura Page
  18. Bruce Pennington
    Plum blossoms and ducks! Wonder what that means? Beautiful custom 94.
  19. Bruce Pennington
    Ah Ha! @John C found a document from the Kokura Arsenal showing various tensho script inspector marks on Nambu pistols:
  20. Bruce Pennington
    Response from Guy, at Warrelics: "That is seal script [tensho 篆書] and looks like Hori to me: 堀"
  21. Bruce Pennington
    Without a surrender tag, there is no way to know who carried this. You are now the rightful owner.
  22. Bruce Pennington
    Here's one for the record books. 8 petal kiku mon on tiny tanto, posted by @Tcat HERE.
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    Even an 8 petal Kiku mon on the habaki!
  24. Bruce Pennington
    Mikko, You are right, however there are always exception. Out of 400+ Mantetsu, I have 3 waki on file, 2 look to have been made that way Out of over 700+ stamped blades, I have 4 or 5 waki that look to have been made that way. So yes, if you see a waki fitted for the war, it was likely an older blade, brought or bought or donated for the war.
  25. Bruce Pennington
    @John C found this on a Type 25 Cavalry ricasso. Any help?
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