PeterCollector

Franco D - thank you for your advice, l exactly know what are you saing and understand that. Sword was not expensive at all, but futhwr investment just can not be considered as reasonable. David Flyn - yes, false signature is also the option for this sword. But signature looks descent.

Here are some additonal photos of blade tang and other parts. Peter

Hello dear friends, I just want to share with you my latest purchase in UK and also ask for your opinion about this sword. Sword which you si is in absolutely untouched state, nobody took it appart from the war and I was for sure the first. Gunto fittings are very nice and in perfect quality. Each part of the koshiare - is marked by matching numbers. Tsuba is pierced style and menuki is also unique. On the pommel is damaged samurai mon - damage was done probably by the sword former owner. Habaki is thick silver type. Blate tank was shortened to fit into gunto fittings and has three mounting holes. Tang is signet by well known smith Kunisuke. Blade is quite short if I compare it to the handle and scabbard. Sword in its scabbard is extremely long and heavy. Now the bad part, blade is not in best condition, it has scratches and old micro pits from corrosion. Hamon is visible, but I can not take a picture of it Blade has no bends, hits or nicks and is very sharp. And the final question is, what do you think about this sword? Do you think it is worth of polishing? Or keep it as it is. And what about itsh koshiare, why it is so long if it is compared to blade? I am looking forward to your opinions and advices. Thank you in advance Peter

Hello, thank you for all your comments and help with that markings on scabard hangers. I dont have skilled hands and l am really afraid of damaging the sword. I rather left it as is. What l know from the seller, blade tang is unsigned and have two mounting holes and was cut fown to fit into gunto fittings. Maybe l ask for a picture of tang if he have it in his archive. But blade is quite slim and light, if l compare it to other swords. Kind regards Peter

Hello dear friends, few months ago I bought quite nice officer sword in full mint condition. Sword has very nice details and finish to all fittings. There is also silver family mon on pommmel. Tsuba is pierced and blade is also very nice with silver foiled habaki. I am sorry, but I can not remove the handle and I don´t want to damage the sword. What made me very curious on this sword is its markings on scabbard loop - it is different from others scabbard loops which I have and also there is serial number? on it and also other markings. Please can anybody help me identifiing them ? I hope you like the sword. Thank you in advance for all your help. Kind regards Peter

Here are few closeup photos of the blade, I hope you like it. Kind regards Peter

Hello, dear fellow collectors, I just want to share my latest sword made my Mantetsu. What is really nice is that whole sword is numbered "6" or "9" - on each of its part. Blade is in full mint condition, marked two times with "w" charakter, one time "6" on the back and below ith is also marked with bad punch "6". Please can you help me with exact datation of the sword? There is also little marking on pommel. It looks like sword was made with set of only four seppa, but everything holds tight without any movings. The sword is in state in which I bought it, I did not polished it, on ly cleaned it with piece of cloth. I hope you like the sword and if you see any red flags, please tell me, but I hope there is nothing to worry about the sword. Kind regards Peter

I am sorry about that, but l can not move habaki, it is frozen to blade I also did not see any M stamp.

Hello Bruce, yes, I just looked under the tsuba and seppa and found one. It is well know SEKI stamp... so no traditionaly made sword, but I think still a nice artifact. Peter

xiayang, thank you very much for translation of inscription on my sword. Best regards Peter

Hello dear friends, I just want to post my Mantetsu sword. This sword comes from United Kingdom and was not stored properly, so some rust and dirt acumulate on blade, but in other hands it is untouched and uncleaned. Leather on scabbard is shrunk. I hope you will like the sword despite its condition. There is probaly also some kind of markings on pommel. Sorry for photos of blade tang, but it was not rotated by me So feel free to download them and rotate to proper position. Best regards Peter

Hello, dear friends, here are few photos of gunto sword which I bought. Whole sword is intact and never been appart since the war. It is shame, but I am still lost with idintification with markings on the blade. Please, can you help me with translating text on both sides on blade tang? I did not find any other markings on sword or on its parts. Good think is, that sword has its original hanger and tassel, which belongs to this piece and were not put together after war. Thank you for your time and help. Kind regards Peter

Hello friends, thank you for your comments and help. Burce, thank you, I did not know that serial number is KU 947 - this infomration also help me a lot. Right now we have very bad weather, so I did not have time to do good pictures of whole sword, but here is just quick photo of signature. I think there is also another signature at pommel, but have to look on lthem later. Kind regards Peter

Hi, thank you very much for quick reply and translation of blade production! Best regards Peter

Hello, few weeks ago I was very lucky to find untouched sword made by Mantetsu company. Please can anybody help me, when the sword was made? I try to study all the Mantetsu thread on forum and learn a lot, but I can´t still be sure about the exact year and month of production. The blade was very dirty and i just cleaned it with piece of cloth and oil - also the tang has a rust spots, so I just oiled them. Sorry for bad photos, later when I took some care about the sword - just clean dust and old dirt, I try to do much better pictures of whole sword into correct thread. Many thanks for your time and help. Best regards Peter