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Signed Ujita Shigetsugu Dated 1857 All parts numbered 14 107 cm long 1.3 cm bore 4.5 kilos Tokugawa Mon and dragon inlayed in silver on barrel

Barry , I accidentally put up two posts of the same thing ( sorry ) .

O suriage Wakizashi 45.1 cm two kirikomi strikes on mune NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon attribution to Katayama Ichimonji mid Kamakura jidai Old sayagaki with same attribution by a Honami Sword has fantastic Utsuri

O suriage Wakizashi 45.1 cm two kirikomi strikes on mune NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon attribution to Katayama Ichimonji mid Kamakura jidai Old sayagaki with same attribution by a Honami Sword has fantastic Utsuri

Anthony , I found one on Amazon that you can use with a smart phone. I can avoid cutting the Ukibara.

I will see what I can do to make a window. Please educate me and tell me the Haruta features. I would have mistakenly thought it was Myochin. Thanks.

69 plate suji Kabuto russet iron Liner is intact so not sure if signed Silver fukurin around visor Iron Tehen Menpo unsigned. Gilded teeth and hinged Tare

Yes , sorry .

The Yonezawa is 3.85 cm so 100 monme The one closest to the camera and the Yonezawa have never been taken apart since I've had them. Partly because it's kind of a two man job and partly because I'm not good at taking them apart. The one closest to the camera is also 100 monme came from a friend. It's supposed to be made for a minor Daimyo , he did not remember who the maker or Smith was. The kanji on the barrel was translated as "reaching out". The Yonezawa was acquired by the person who sold it to me at a show for US civil war collectors. The owner sold it fast because he was in trouble for having a non civil war item on his table ! The guy in the next town over from me probably has better guns than I do so we should have a Matchlock get together.

I am very curious about the path these big guns took to the US. I believe most of them came over around the turn of the century rather than as war souveniers. They are heavy and easy to damage so I believe they had to be packed correctly. For me personally I have never talked to a very who brought one back. I had two Uncle's now deceased who were part of the occupation forces and married Japanese women. Their stories about how swords were taken and disposed of never mentioned any matchlocks. I think tourists around the turn of the century brought most of the big guns back as curiosities.

Three years ago I missed out on one that was 2.5 meters long and weighed about 100 kilos. It had been on display at a train station in Germany before the war and was taken back to the US after the war. I was really upset because it sold for a relative low cost.

Three years ago I missed out on one that was 2.5 meters long and weighed about 100 kilos. It had been on display at a train station in Germany before the war and was taken back to the US after the war. I was really upset because it sold for a relative low cost.

The one in front is 36.4 kilos.

The shipper just put it in a plastic gun case and then in a cardboard box the gun case came in. Did not mark fragile. It was heavy and you know everyone was throwing it during the shipping process. I paid him to take it to a professional shipper so I guess he preferred to pocket the money.

Yes , you wouldn't believe how it was shipped. I'm very lucky it's in one piece.