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True, especially for the copper handle NCO sword, mismatch or no number on the scabbard are more than match ones.

Bruce Do you have this one?昭和戊寅冬 1938 N377

It's too rusty to tell the whole thing, first two kanji should be 昭和（Showa),the rest should year and month.What about the others side?It should have smith's name.

John Thanks for correcting. 山野勘十郎 is professional cutting tester and executioner. 「江戶初期，有名的試刀家是谷衛好、谷衛友父子。衛友的弟子中川重良兼任幕府的旗本（家臣），他的弟子山野加右衛門永久被認為是最早的專職試刀家，據說他試斬了6000多名罪人。永久之子，山野勘十郎久英，不但擔任幕府御用試斬官，也負責處決死刑犯。也就是說，先砍了頭，再把屍體搬來試斬，他一個人包了。但久英的後人沒有能夠掌握這項技術，之後山野家被解除了職務」。

I thought it was made Yamano Kanjūrō Narihisa 山野勘十郎成久. John corrected me, 山野勘十郎 is not a sword smith but a professional cutting tester and executioner.

This sword passed 3 bodies through cutting test. Yamano Kanjūrō Narihisa performed the cutting test.

万治三年十一月十日 三ツ胴截断 山野勘十郎成久（花押） The on in the middle has same Mei

Thanks!

like these child officers and soldiers?😝

1,5,6,10,11 had mei. The list had total 26 name ,13 officers and 13 NCOs.I ONLY post all NCO 's.No photo of the swords.

Here is 昭和21年3月第110師団步兵第163联队残留隊私物軍刀移譲者名簿 1946 March 110 Division 163 regiment remaining troops surrender privately owned Gunto owners name book.110 division was surrendered to KMT army in 河南省洛陽地區 He Nan province Luo Yang area. Ouf of all 26 names ,13 of them are NCO(軍曹 曹長 伍長）.I think the new Mu mei blade could be Arsenal Blade(造兵刀）.Two of Gunto ordered from 偕行社. Kaikosha (偕行社, Kaikōsha) is a Japanese organization of retired military servicemen whose membership is open to former commissioned officers of the JASDF and JGSDF as well as commissioned officers, warrant officers, officer cadets, and high-ranking civil servants who served in the Imperial Japanese Army. Since 1 February 2011 Kaikosha has been a non-profit organization described under Japanese law as a public interest foundation (公益財団法人). The original Kaikosha was founded before World War II as an organization exclusively of active-duty commissioned officers and warrant officers in the Imperial Japanese Army for mutual aid, friendship, and academic research, but was re-founded after the war to represent formerly high-ranking army officials. The organization's name means “let’s go together” or “we shall fight this war side by side,” and derives from a line in an old Chinese poem recorded in the Book of Odes. I'm posting one of my 陸軍偕行社 ordered Gunto made by 兼道 for reference. New/Old Mei Rank Owner 1.新 三品義明 曹長 船越利明 2.古 無銘 軍曹 組藤圭次 3.新 無銘 軍曹 梶山友一 4.新 無銘 軍曹 井上馨 5.新 偕行社 軍曹 渡邊信也 6.古 大和守安定 伍長 田中晃 7.新 無銘 軍曹 水谷石男 8.新 無銘 軍曹 稻田重夫 9.新 無銘 軍曹 旭政一 10.新 偕行社 軍曹 工藤虎士 11.新 藤原助定 曹長 吉川繁春 12.新 無銘 曹長 河田謹一郎 13.新 無銘 伍長 青木友明 #6 田中晃 Tanaka Akira had a Koto,maybe from his family.Tanaka is a popular family name in Japan and usually a wealthy family.

I want to buy one of this book

John Maybe that's not wear but mod?

Yes ,all brown is for 军属Gunzoku. As confirmed in this thread https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/Japanese-militaria/what-were-regulations-army-civilian-employees-carry-swords-701783/

Bruce The tassel looks like it's for 军属刀。

昭秀 starts as an assistant of 笠間繁繼 in his teenage year, makes this long sword need be very skillful, it seems hard to believe it's the very first sword he made.Just my 2 cents.

That one with Bohi looks like Zuohei-to.

家兄定吉君征清役凱旋紀念 Commemorate to my brother Sadakichi's triumphant return from the Sino-Japanese War(campaign of Qing Dynasty). Akihide was born in 1879, the Sino-Japanese War is from 1894-1895, he should be 16 years old when the war over，maybe this sword took him one year to finish?

Has anyone noticed early Mantetsu's Pierced Tsuba is thicker than regular Tsuba? What's the difference between early official Mantetsu fitting and later 98 fitting used on Mantetsu?

Bruce Do you have this one?昭和庚辰春 1940 Spring,と 四一。

Or the one with Wavy hamon😃

I think most of 武久 are the #4 Han-tanren to。

Takehisa +1

You know I will post all photos if I have it😃