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Dai - signed Harima Daijo Tadakuni - ubu 75 cm with koshirae Test cut - yamano Nagahisa cut 2 bodies in half dated Sho - signed Harima Daijo Tadakuni - ubu with Koshirae 43.2 cm Test cut - Yamano Nagahisa cut 2 bodies in half same date as the Katana Nagahisa was the most famous test cutter of the Edo period . Rare to find daisho with test cut on the same day

Yes , one is in army mounts

Two generations Moto Oki with cutting tests Wakizashi Top one - 2nd generation dated 1839 with body tested at the Senju execution grounds. One body cut in half by a listed test cutter. Sword made in soshu style. Bottom one - 1st generation dated with one body cut in half by a listed tester. Sword Test done at the Senju execution grounds.

I bought this years ago at a gun show. I have never submitted for Shinsa . Please excuse the bad photos but if you have any thoughts about school or period I would like to hear them. I had always thought the kissaki was a little shorts ( temper is all there ) . The Hi are well made and it's healthy. It's 70 cm

This one is painted to look like a tortoise shell. I have a tobacco holder that is made from a real one. Where I live in the US we have a lot of land turtles . When I see them trying to cross the road I pull over and give them a lift in the direction they are heading !

Thanks , I had planned to do that.

Recently acquired this one.

Kabuto - 62 plate heavy . Iron Tehen and Agemaki ring. Edo period signed Saotome Ienari. This is a very well made helmet. Many thanks to Nick Ricupero for selling this to me.

Luc , thank you for the information.

72 plate heavy Kabuto Edo period Thought to be Ichiguchi Myochin work Not sure if signed Would be interested in comments , the Tehen is a bit further back than normal and there is a noticeable bulge at the front. It's an usual number of plates. A period Mai Date. Many thanks to Nick Ricupero for selling this to me.

67 , I started collecting 45 years ago. I have lived every minute of it !!!

Thanks for sharing.

Jussi , thanks. I can only imagine a great deal of blunt trauma ! Other than seeing them in woodblock prints I can't remember reading about units like Nagamaki groups being used tactically. If anyone has a good reference please point me to it.

Please excuse me if this is not the category for this but it's a Japanese weapon Kanabo -Samurai war club from the Yamagata region 153 cm 4.5 kilos Made from wood with an iron ring and the upper half covered in iron with studs. I would not want to be on the receiving end of this !!!!! This is early Edo or a little older . I have always wanted one of these. Many thanks to David Thatcher for selling this to me