Karu

No sorry maybe if you contact aoi they will tell ?

https://imgur.com/a/7Cuq5YM enjoy ahah

From France here, I had to pay 1200€ of custom fees for a sword from AOI Art which was 20% of the price I paid

Kotani Yasunori 1936

Hello Volker Do you have any links to read Mr Han Bing Siong's work ?. I have already seen that you posted 3 pages of it discussing about which he considered the best among Yasukuni smiths, but if you have the full thing, or any way to buy it please tell us.

Very nice find congratulations, could you please show more close up pictures of the blade ?

Thank you for sharing this list.

Beautiful, thanks. I haven't seen a lot of Yasutoku's son Yasutoshi, thats a very nice exemple.

Lovely, can we see photos of the blade ?

Thanks for ruining the thread

you really need to stop confusing the two lol

This is Kajiyama Yasunori (Yasutoku) not Kotani Yasunori

Thank you very much The one from aoi is mine and I noticed that the mei was thicker than other of his mei and very unusual so I was surprised. The one is very similar. Here's a comparison from left to right : Mine dated October 1936 - The one from Twitter dated February 1937 - Usual mei (thinner) dated July 1936 (sanmei)

This is Kajiyama Yasunori (Yasutoku) not Kotani Yasunori

So... Anyone has early dated Yasunori signed blades ? not takenori please. Looking to study Found only 2 dated 1936 one is mine and other is from Sanmei https://www.sanmei.c...92337_S8875_PUP.html

I think title is : 新型軍刀制定の栞 but I can't find author nor date

Expensive yes, but I think mantetsuto with the Manchuria Railroad company stamp are quite rare, aren't they ? maybe wrong

Ikeda Yasumitsu dated Showa 12 (1937) for sale here : https://www.jauce.com/auction/m1108303859

Yasuhiro kinsaku for those interested here : https://www.jauce.com/auction/n1119395672 (very expensive tho)

Hello, Signed "Noshu Seki ju Kojima Katsumasa saku" Mass produced gunto blade, non traditional forged blade

Thank you very much, Here you go + here : https://imgur.com/a/qFmrOSC

Received this beauty from aoiart yesterday, had to share. Photos here : https://imgur.com/a/7Cuq5YM Kotani Yasunori 靖憲 Showa 11 Nen 10 Gatsu Kichijitsu 昭和十一年十月吉日 (October 1936) Desc from aoiart : Blade length: 69.2cm (27.2in) Sori:1.8 cm or 0.7in 780g Shape: This work is longer than normal Yasukuni sword and looks very powerful. Jigane: Koitamehada is grained well. Hamon: Niedeki Gunome midare with Choji, you can see Sunagashi and Kinsuji in the blade. With gunto koshirae

You can uploads images on https://imgur.com/upload

Yes that one is a chinese repro, pretty obvious, I hope nobody will fall in