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Lowering the price on some of the above books. Japanese Handguns The Hand Cannons of Imperial Japan. Derby Publishing Company, 1981. US$45. Japanese Military Cartridge Handguns, 1893–1945. Schiffer Military History, 2003. US$150. This book should have been bought already as it is a mandatory text for collectors of Japanese military swords. Japanese Rifles Military Rifles of Japan, 1897–1945. Honeycutt, 1977. US$90. Japanese Rifles of World War II. Excalibur Publications, 1996. US$30. Articles from Banzai on The Japanese Sniper Rifle. Lodestone Publications, 2001. US$55. Japanese Type 99 7.7mm Rifles The Japanese Type 99 Arisaka Short Rifle. Shoestring Publications, Ltd., 1985 and Arisakas Tables: Type 99 and Type 30. Lodestone Publication, 1999. Price for both is US$99. “A Historical Review of the Japanese Arisaka Type-99 Rifle.” California State University, Los Angeles, 1997. US$99. Miscellaneous Imperial Japanese Grenade Rifles and Launchers. Dutch Harlow Publishing Company, 2004. US$90. Japanese Explosive Ordnance: Bombs, Bomb Fuzes, Land Mines, Grenades, Firing Devices, and Sabatage Devices. Army TM 9-1985-4. Air Force TO 39B-1A-11. March 1953. US$90. Shipping available overseas on most of the above books.

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Japanese prewar wakizashi 脇差 tourist piece with carved bone handle? Japanese short sword - GI tourist bringback, art piece, or something else? Japanese short sword (tourist piece?) - additional photos A postwar Japanese garden knife. Unusual Japanese bayonet Kōkoku 興国 wooden training rifle and bayonet. Rifle: Kokoku Wooden Trainer Bayonet: Japanese wood school bayonet

A Kris with Japanese katakana? Help ID this knife A Japanese machete. GBF: Japanese machete question NMB: Japanese machete question Postwar Kiffe made copy of an American bayonet. Kiffe Japan questions

I actually found a Japanese person who used this name. When there is one, there could be others. 豊富豊丸 (農薬研究所) Old vs New 豐 = 豊

豐富豐丸作 The characters are real; however, it could be either Chinese or Japanese? If Japanese, very uncommon in my opinion. There was a city in Hokkaidō by the name of Toyotomi 豐富. 豐富 City name: Wikipedia: Toyotomi, Hokkaido 豊富: Wiktionary 豊富 豐丸: As a first name, could be pronounced as Toyomaru. carbon copy @Markus @SteveM @BANGBANGSAN

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German Small Arms Heidler, Michael. Deutsche Gewehrgranaten und ihre Abschussgeräte bis 1945 [German Rifle Grenades and Their Launching Devices up to 1945]. Aufsätze zu Geschichte+Technik, Band 9. Verlag W. Sünkel, 2003. Autographed by author. German language. Softcover, 8.25 x 11.75 inches, 152 pages, black & white illustrations. Weight 1 lb 3 oz, printed in Germany. The Japanese Type 2 Grenade Launcher was based upon the German Gewehrgranatgerat. US$125 including shipping to US, shipping overseas add about $45. Visier: Das internationale Waffen-Magazin (August 2005). Published by Vogt-Schild Deutschland GmbH. German language. Softcover, 8.25 x 11 inches, 148 pages, color illustrations. Weight 0 lb 11 oz, printed in Germany. The magazine has several articles on historic firearms besides modern ones. Take a look at the table of contents as there might be an article of interest. Free with the book above or US$25.

Sorry, unable to recover the Aoi sword with the order number of AS20447. However, the bottom portion of 壽 matches Sesko's Nihonto Compendium. I am going to record 828 as made by Sadatoshi 貞壽 for the time being.

Reminds me of the light weight Type 98. There were Murata imitations as Murata himself mentioned it in an interview. This interview can be found over Ohmura's website.

Chinese Ordnance Both Chinese small arms books by Ness & Shih for US$80 including shipping to US. Ness, Leland, with Bin Shih. Kangzhan: Guide to Chinese Ground Forces, 1937–1945. Helion & Company, 2016. Softcover, 6.25 x 9.25 inches, 576 pages, maps, tables, black & white illustrations. Weight 2 lb 12 oz, printed in Great Britain. The first part of the book covers the organization of the Chinese army while the second part covers Chinese army ordnance. This is a really good book to have in the library and complements the book below as it covers the larger weapons. Bin, Shih. China’s Small Arms of the 2nd Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945). Edited by Stanley Zielinski. 2011. Autographed by author. Softcover, 8.5 x 10.75 inches, 280 pages, black & white illustrations. Weight 1 lb 14 oz, printed in USA. This book has more coverage on small arms compared to the book above. Includes a chapter on Japanese small arms.

Interesting twist we have here. I have been looking for some more examples of Sadatoshi's work and there does not appear to be many to compare to. It could very well be Sadatoshi using a cursive style 壽 and not Sadakiyo. Old vs New Characters 壽 vs 寿 Conway, can you post a picture just of the 上村貞壽 characters? Links to Sadakiyo 貞清 signatures. $2100 Rare Gendai-To By Echigo Sadakiyo in New Polish Katana for comments 越後住貞清 昭和十八年十月吉日

No, I have not seen this stamp before. It looks like an encircled katakana MO. ㋲ = encircled katakana モ.

昭和十七年製 Manufactured in 1942.

In regards to the date, not sure what is going on with what I would guess is a ten 十. The four 二二 that follows is a variant rarely encountered. Oddities/rarities in datings Arsenal Stamps. Would appreciate your expertise please