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  1. Rich S
    Bishu = province (Bizen) Osafune = town Sukesada = makers name (actually a school with many makers. probably the largest, longest producing school of sword makers in Japan). Rich S
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    I think the mei reads: Noshu Seki ju Maegawa Kanetsugu saku with Showa stamp. Nice civilian Showa era sword. Rich S
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    Likewise, I would not recommend a do-it-yourself customization. However, for a showato blade, Fred Lohman's polishing and remounting might be just what you're looking for: http://www.Japanese-swords.com/ Rich S
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    I guess you've tried contact via their website? http://www.midwesttokenkai.com/ Rich S
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    I suspect not machine made, but hand forged from stainless bar steel. It would be considered a showato. Rich S
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    John - I see fur bikini clad ladies in the snow on TV ads all the time. You mean the TV folks are lying to us! :-) What about all those Swedes and Nordic folks running naked to their sauna. I bet you're going to tell me that doesn't happen up there either. You're going to crush my trust in TV :-) (yeah, right). Rich
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    Brian wrote: "Must be because we are used to beautiful women in bikinis here" Must be nice! We don't get many bikini clad ladies here in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains :-) Rich S
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    With that many bikini's running around, who cares about Nihonto :-) Hope Brian got a good eyeful. Rich S
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    My site is offline until Nov 1 due to bandwidth over-run. The tang pic matches one of the oshigata on my Kanesane/Kanezane page exactly. Rich S
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    Thanks, I've updated my links page to include his website. Rich S
  11. Rich S
    Simply that is the Showa tang stamp. See my military swords page linked below. http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/military.htm Rich S
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    Does John have another website now? His old one was off for so long, that I took it off my links page. If he now has a site again, could someone please post the URL so I can add it to my links page. Thanks Rich S
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    The solution - NEVER buy the first release of any new software especially a new operating system. Microsoft has never got it right the first time, or second, or third or ..... (I thought Win 3.1 was just fine) Microsoft products have more patches, fixes, etc than my old 94 ford :-) Have you tried duck tape? :-) Rich S
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    My guess would be Kyo-Shoami. Rich
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    Definitely Nagamitsu. See my webpage on him at: http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/naga.htm Rich S
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    In my limited experience, WW II era smiths signed or had their blades signed either way - some tachi-mei, some katana-mei. No rime nor reason that I've determined. "Technically" gunto mounts had the edge down, so are tachi, but most WW II era blades were signed katana-mei. Like I said, seems to be no reason for doing it either way - war time production just signed it and move on to the next blade, the traditional rules don't apply to WW II era blades. Rich S
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    Thanks guys, I have corrected the "amachika" to "Daido" on my oshigata page. I just post what folks have sent me, unless I'm 100% sure it is incorrect. Sorry for any confusion. Rich
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    Took me a while to find it, but here's the direct ebay link to the Emura I mentioned above. http://cgi.ebay.com/Japanese-Sword-Emur ... 0402310232 BTW, I do know the seller and you can rely on his descriptions and honest dealing. Rich
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    There is another Emura on ebay. Don't recall the item number, but the seller is "nihontophile". I know this sword and it's 100% legit. I'm not the seller. Rich S
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    Thanks guys. Not my sword. Just trying to help out someone else with a translation that totally escaped me. Rich S
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    Could someone translate the mei on this nakago please. The date is Meiji 2; but can't make any sense of the mei. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/attachmen ... ntid=49329 Thanks Rich S
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    Tsuba help please

    Rich S replied to Karl Wolf's topic in Tosogu

    I would venture a guess at Nara or Mito. IMHO the plate looks better than most Mito. Possibly mid Edo period or perhaps a bit later. Rich S
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    You can make mekugi from bamboo chopsticks and leather seppa from any old leather, just trace the metal seppa and cut the leather accordingly. Rich S
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    "thanks for the link Rich, the oshigata of the nidai was mine, (sold by R Polansky fews years ago)." Yes, Ron is the one who got me started making the Yoshichika page and sent me the oshigata. Rich S
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    The Kanji numbers painted on the nakago of Showa period blades are just assembly numbers so the koshirae fitters can keep straight what goes with what blade. Rich S
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