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  1. Kiipu
    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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    Tenshōzan souvenir sword number 二. Bruce, I thought you had gone through NMB for all these? @Bruce Pennington
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    Tenshōzan souvenir sword number 八五. @Bruce Pennington
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    Tenshōzan souvenir sword number 三五. @Bruce Pennington
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    @Bruce Pennington Did not see number 八八 in the Tenshōzan souvenir sword listing.
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    浅野侯爵　Asano Kōshaku　Marquis Asano. 阿部伯爵　Abe Hakushaku　Earl/Count Abe.
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    Whoops! I seem to have missed that fact. I guess the pink slip is in the mail.
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    A souvenir sword and a Type 100. Of note though is the nakago mune markings on the Type 100. Your opinion on 2 Japanese swords
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    Note the character for large 大 ink stamped on the back of the belt. Japanese naval sword belt
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    Hiromitsu was a Seki swordsmith. Considering this is a late war Type 100 it is probably just a machine made blade. Is this the same Gifu marked sword that you posted pictures of in the "Arsenal Stamps." thread? If so, calling @Bruce Pennington.
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    ウ七〇三 while @george trotter has reported ウ七〇四. U703 is an army contract blade with a yamagata "M" inspection mark.
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    And putting it all together, one gets the following. 廣光 = Hiromitsu. 昭和二十年四月 = 1945 April. I suppose it is a late war Type 100 with inspection marks?
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    And also maybe to waterproof the canvass? Plain canvass would be like a sponge. The late war Type 100 made by Nan-Man Arsenal used a rubberized canvass material possibly for the same reason?
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    Do you think the canvas was dyed or painted black?
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