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    Help! Is that a Takayama blade with that blunt tip? Also the longer than normal tang that is seen on these as well.
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    A late war Takayama sword found by Conway S. Note the unusual menuki. 高山刀正廣謹作　Takayama-tō Masahiro kinsaku TAKAYAMA MASHIRO SIGNED TAKAYAMA-TO SWORD
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    These black painted numbers on PX swords are called subassembly numbers. They were merely to keep the parts together when the sword was being assembled at the factory. They would simply restart at 1 after reaching 99 or 100. The exception to this subassembly method is the PX swords made by Mitsunaga 光永. I have yet so find one with black painted numbers.
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    Takeyasu 武泰. I have yet to see a wartime made Toyosuke 豊佐.
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    For the rest of us, here you go. WWII Signed Japanese Navy Officer “Takayama Sword” Shin Gunto
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    Uploaded the various links to the postwar PX sword for GBF & WRF. GBF: NLF Gunto Discussion, Post #68 WRF: NLF Gunto Discussion, Post #38
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    Conway, your getting good at this! Below is the full inscription excluding the polisher which is lost to pixelization. As Bruce indicated, the swordsmith is Ishihara Masanao. 謹作高山刀　刀匠　石原正直
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    Kiyohira 清平 would be a name. Not sure if the Takayama is referring to a last name or to the type of blade.
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    Not hard at all and you have it right. 高山清平 Takayama Kiyohira.
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    PX sword with a subassembly number of 四六. I am starting to think these grow on trees. They are everywhere. Maybe Mr. Stroud is mass producing them in his basement to sale to unsuspecting tourists in Puerto Rico! Suggestions on replacement of the Kashira or end cap
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    FYI, below is a post by Mr. Morita that gives the translation as Toyosuke 豊佐. naval sword, Post #2
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    A Toyosuke 豊佐 with subassembly number of 五六. More than likely a postwar PX sword. @Jcstroud
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    Douglas, I note that your sword has two subassembly numbers on it. One on each side of the tang. My question is which of the two numbers do the parts match to, 7 or 64?
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    I ran across another 武孝 and below is the link. Sword questions (added pics) @mecox
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    Well Dan, better late than never! Maybe the first character is 空 [empty; sky; void; vacant; vacuum]?
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    There is actually a difference between a plain anchor as seen above and the one used by Tenshozan. Note the additional details in the Tenshozan anchor. TENZOSHAN FORGE.jpg
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    FYI, I used the heat marks on the tang that showed they had been shortened. No heats marks, likely not a souvenir sword.
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    Did this sword have an encircled anchor stamp on the tang?
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    It seems the Type 97 seen in images 5337, 5339, and 5340, has a plain anchor mark. What I mean by this is that the anchor does not appear to be encircled. This is only the third sword I have seen with this type of anchor. Shigemitsu & Nakago Stamp
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    I found a second sword with this marking and it was posted by none other than Trystan! See images 5367, 5368, and 5369. Kai Gunto issued by IJN?
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    A PX souvenir sword by Kiyomichi 清道. The link still works.
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    The Naval Type 97 Military Sword was made in about 1942 or 1943 by Tenshōzan. 天照山鍛錬場作 = Tenshōzan Tanrenjō saku. Search Terms Type 97, Tenshozan, Kaigunto.
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    Was the は stamped sword in postwar souvenir fittings? I ask as it has a black painted 2-digit subassembly number.
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    I found all these by doing a NMB search using the term Anchor. It yielded 15 pages, I then sorted them in chronological order, and started with the oldest posts first.
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    A possible souvenir sword with black painted number of 四六 and stamped number of 867.
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