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I made some other pictures of mine which I’ll post there to Bruce
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Great idea Dave!
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Thanks Gerard, appreciatie it! Hi Ray, the maroon and red tassel is exactly the same as mine. The tassel that came with my sword, is with the sword for as long as anyone can remember (over thirty years). Allthough I lean towards repro t am certainly not sure of that. It would be interesting to dive in it a little further!
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Thanks Steve! @John, the tassel is unlike any ww2 tassel I know. Therefore I very much lean towards it beiing a “modern” repro. Allthough the tassel supposedly is with the sword for a long time now.
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Thanks Bruce, I have not (had it) translated yet. The tassel is a peculiar red and probably a modern reproduction.
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Recently I aquired a waki in shin gunto mounting. Suriage blade with a nagasa of 54 cm. Tsuba, sepa, tsuka etc. all numbered 1. Allthough my camera is very decent, my photography skills are not...anyway here goes nothing, enjoy.
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Great package Neil
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Not the monkey again
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Indeed, and the whole point is...which are “must haves” that do not break the bank
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I don't know which ones to substract, but for me Mizuno Masanori and Torio Hiromasa would have place in the list.
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I saw a fake (somewhat better than those shown here) on a dutch e-bay like site. the sword is presented as a real sword in a higher price range. I could’nt help myself and asked for the mei on this fantastic sword. Guess what, still no answer
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Dear Dennis, terrible Nakago, sloppy work, steel looks like cheap pattern welded steel. So I believe this to be Chinese made fake.
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Some information I got out of my search: "Teruhide made handplanes (kanna) but was pressed into service by the Japanese government to make swords for the war. He made over 4000 swords. His blades are Muji Hada. As other smiths of the time, he used some scrap steel in the mix (pre refined) and made "approved" metal. (considered traditional still). He also used a power hammer which compressed the hada further". I had both a blade signed Ishido Teruhide Kao and one Ishido Mitsunobu Kao. The chiseling was identical. Cheers. Leen,
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From what I discussed with some people like: Chris Bowen, Greg Gulch and Thomas Appel Nilsson is that they are one and the same smith. The consensus seemed that both signatures were used on Gendaito. The reason for signing with another mei are not known, at least not with the people I contacted for a similar question
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My Christmas Present finally Came In!
Leen replied to Bruce Pennington's topic in Military Swords of Japan
Very nice blade Bruce, congrats. -
Merry christmas everybody and all the best for 2020
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I thought I’d post two of my swords which I like a lot. A sword by Mizuno Masanori and one by Yasushige....
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Hello Neil, off which smiths do you have Yasukuni to?
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Hello Mark, I asked. EdO in this post. All the information he has allready seems to be in the post you mentioned yourself. (http://www.militaria...3-mounts/page-2). Now I am getting curious myself to.
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Dear Mark, a friend of mine was in one of the Posts you cited. He has a sword signed ryujin ikkansai kuniteru Kinsaku, in special mountings. He does not frequent this site anymore, but perhaps he knows a little bit more. I will mail him one of these days.
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What a nice picture of Wobbles, so sorry for your loss Robert.
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I saw one today at a meeting if the dutch Token society. To bad I didn’t take pictures, but it also was a beautifull sword.