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I also have a Nagamitsu blade in RS mounts. It is in storage at the moment, but I do have a few photos of it:

here's the stamp on that stick:

I'll add one of mine to this topic. This saya came to me with a type 98 sword in it years ago. I happened to later buy a number of empty saya, and one with a very nice leather field cover happened to fit this sword perfectly, so that's where the sword is presently. The "swagger stick" next to it also has a small blue label on it, if that is of any interest.

I'm pretty sure it's some sort of paper, rather like sandpaper. You can see how it's torn around the mekugi hole. The bottom blade is a standard arsenal-made blade, while the top one has an old, hand-forged blade in it.

Here's my type 97 swords. the bottom sword obviously has a paper same-I don't know if that is what you are looking for, but here it is.

I've been a collectorall my life-stamps, coins, old motorcycles, militaria, Japanese swords, etc. One of my other interests is finding sets of photo slides taken in Asia during the 1940s-'70s. Usually taken by US Servicemen using the best film ever made, "red border" Kodachrome slide film. I scan them and put them in albums on my Flickr page. Color film from this period had to be sent back to Kodak for processing, so color images of places like Japan and Korea are rare-most people living there could not afford the film. Many of my albums have been featured in Asian TV programs, museum exhibitions, etc-many viewers have told me what an amazing thing it is to see their countries in full color-they had no idea such photos existed. Unfortunately, since I started doing this, others have gotten the same idea, and good photo sets on ebay have become shockingly expensive-as in thousands of dollars! (I suspect institutions are buying them). Anyway, here are my albums. click on each image to see the full set behind it. https://www.flickr.c...58451159@N00/albums/

It's put away right now-it might be a week or so before I access my swords again, but I'll check

Here's a 98 that I've had for many years, that came to me with this brown tassel on it. unusual that the actual "tassels" are missing-apparently cut off. The sword was stored poorly, and the blade is in poor condition-the name on the handle is barely visible through the heavy rust.

That one is an unusual one-another I've had for quite a long time. The mounts are nicely done and of decent quality, but the blade is of poor quality-the nakago is rough and not well-shaped-very similar to another in one of the other threads here. I'll get it out one of these days.

Here's an oddball one I've had for many years. The seller claimed it was always like that (for whatever that's worth) The photo is rather poor-I haven't had it out of storage for years to take a better pic. There are two tassels on the ends of the cord wrapped around the saya.

I just got the Plimpton book today. These souvenir swords are presented as "Navy/Army late war Officers Grade"

I just got an email stating that this book has arrived at the warehouse and will begin shipping soon.

last photo:

Here's another photo of it:

I didn't realize you were keeping a register of these swords-here's mine: