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Tadatsuna ?

David. I’ve heard variations of this for the last 35 years or so from Aussie soldiers. Obviously there were never enough to go around so a raffle was the fairest method. Two swords I got in Bendigo were won by this method according to the diggers I bought them off. Some of the swords I bought were gained by “other” methods, combat, skulduggery! chris

It’s not a willy jeep spring is it ? Made to trick some sucker out of their money during the war !!

Kanetoshi ? Looks to be wwII blade.

Hi all. How many of these do people think were made/sold after the war ?

Hi all, My kai gunto with a koto sukesada blade has aluminium seppa! The larger ones look like they are stamped ?

Yoshikane ?

Hi Ed. Sorry but this one looks like a chinese fake !

Four of mine. castle wall - tadahiro wak Solid silver rain - norinaga katana gold “coloured” two piece rain - akihiro tanto gold wash rain - kai gunto sukesada

I have my original one! Don’t know if it was done on purpose or accidental.

Hi all. Just wondering peoples opinions on orikaeshi mei? Was it done on swords considered to be worthwhile as it seems like a lot of work to go through just for an ordinary blade ? I now understand why my nakago looks like it does after reading this article as a bizen sukesada nakago I would expect to be a bit wider/stumpy? http://www.ksky.ne.jp/~sumie99/suriage.html Is it possible that the rest of this mei may have been shaved off as described in the above article? I have done a fair bit of searching and there are not too many niju mei SUKESDA around?

This one with niju mei unless they shaved the rest off when re shaping the nakago !

I’ll have a go. Hatakeyama yamato ? Masa mitsu. the date is tensho 1573 - 1592 Chris.

Looks like what we call fiddleback. Comes from the base of a tree that over a long time the weight compresses the tree into these wavy patterns. Dressed in our hardwoods here looks very nice. Lovely shira saya btw!

Hi all. On a tanto of mine! Appears to be thin leather.

Thanks all. Interesting. You can’t bank on standard in this game! My main thought in the difference between the two was that the flat wrap was a cheaper easier/quicker way to do it than the twisted one? Don’t know if that is true or not? Chris.

Hi all. Any clarification on the different style of ito wrap ? Apologies if this has been covered but I have long covid and it’s a chore to do anything so I didn’t do a search !! Mine is the top one and has the twisted wrap and the bottom one is a flat wrap ?

Ray, thank you again. No papers, so gimei ! That’s how it goes especially if it came out of Japan at some point. The two character mei is on the ura side of the nakago which is unusual I believe ? Chris.

Hi Ray, thanks for that, yes it does. I bought it from the US so it was sent from Japan to the US then here! More well travelled than me ! Im guessing there is no other relevant info on the card? Does it look like the original one? chris

Hi all. Found this at the bottom of one of my sword bags. Looks like the original one that should of stayed in Japan ! Just wondering what it may say ! Thanks all.

Yep, the chinese fakes are getting pretty good !!!!

Hi. May we see some pictures of the blade and mounts please ?