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  1. Kiipu
    Yours has the army contract markings of Mantetsu Tanzo Kore and not the commercial marking of 興亜一心. Only the army contract swords dated 1942 have the combination of 興亜一心, M, and 東. https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/26165-attention-mantetsu-owners-a-survey/?do=findComment&comment=321678
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    The combination only shows up on some 1942 Mantetsu blades. I have posted in the past about this. https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/26165-attention-mantetsu-owners-a-survey/?do=findComment&comment=311598
  3. Kiipu
    Nothing wrong with the lack of markings on the nakago. The blade is coming from a Seki made Type 95 Military Sword, serial number 関213182. The handle should be made of wood and the handle fittings of iron as Bruce indicated in post #20. If possible, can you post a picture of the scabbard mouth opening (鯉口 koiguchi)? There could be some markings in that location.
  4. Kiipu
    Army contract blade even though civilian marked. This is indicated by the M on the lower obverse side of the the nakago. Check the kabutogane for a possible 東 inspection mark. ク = KU = 28th series.
  5. Kiipu
    Neil, AKA IJASwords, there is something wrong with your private mail. Edit: FYI, it is up and running fine now.
  6. Kiipu
    The address is the same for both the advertisement and the Iida patent. So they are related. The company name in the advertisement is Iida Shop Unlimited Partnership 合名会社･飯田商店. The translation of the latch can be found at the thread below. "Iida Kunitaro Gunto Koshirae - Help" https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/18110-iida-kunitaro-gunto-koshirae-help/ I am sure SteveM and BangBangSan will be along shortly to fill in some more gaps.
  7. Kiipu
    A Sadaroku kokuin can be found at the link below along with a translation by Morita san. "What Exactly Is A Kokuin On A Gunto?" https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/21000-what-exactly-is-a-kokuin-on-a-gunto/
  8. Kiipu
    The company name from the advertisement is below. 若瀬軍刀製作所 = Wakase Guntō Seisaku-jo = Wakase Military Sword Workshop. The thread below as previously indicated has several pictures of the patented Wakase scabbard drag. "Show Us Your High Class Gunto" https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/18610-show-us-your-high-class-gunto/
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    Sladen, Douglas. The Japs at Home. 5th edition. London: Ward, Lock & Bowden, Limited, 1895. Page 255. "Miniature Japanese Army Parade Sword" https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/Japanese-militaria/miniature-Japanese-army-parade-sword-300106/
  10. Kiipu
    Looks like a 36th series, army contract blade. If you acquire it, double-check the date side and see if it has an M inspection mark. The M can be found toward the top or bottom of the nakago and sometimes both locations will have one.
  11. Kiipu
    Sorry, according to Nick the logo was used by Matsuya, a department store, and not a sword maker. "Matsuyama Factory Banners - Need Help Translating!" https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/Japanese-militaria/matsuyama-factory-banners-need-help-translating-749404/#post2098918
  12. Kiipu
    Just to make sure everyone is aware of this recent revelation by Nick, Type 100 Officer's Swords were inspected from the beginning in 1940. This is the reason we are seeing inspection marks on this sword so early and not on Type 98s. It may be necessary to separate Type 98 and Type 100 markings for this reason. "Legally rebutting the existence of a Type 3 Army Officer's Sword" https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/f216/legally-rebutting-existence-type-3-army-officers-sword-708745-post2095801/#post2095801
  13. Kiipu
    Looks like a Gifu stamp to me. "Kiyotsugu Reference / Info" http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/18858-kiyotsugu-reference-info/
  14. Kiipu
    A cursory search yields that this is common knowledge among officer gunto collectors that they are marked like this. "Nagamitsu Type44 Mounting. New Today !" http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/18659-nagamitsu-type44-mounting-new-today/
  15. Kiipu
    Thank you very much for sharing this information! All that I knew came from one Chinese webpage. As this is getting off topic, I will sign off on the matter. 65type-cavalry-sword-baidu.pdf
  16. Kiipu
    If these are serial numbers, then they start at 1 and will go to three, four, or five digits. It looks like four digits in this case. After finishing the initial range of numbers starting with 1, they would start using a katakana prefix that follows the iroha poem order. In the West, we call these prefixes series marks. 1 to XXXX イ1 to イXXXX ロ1 to ロXXXX Something similar happened with Mantetsu swords except they did not use the no prefix series that started at 1.
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    We have been looking for you BangBangSan! Do you happen to have the history on these? https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/f216/short-development-history-type-95-gunto-676112-post2097693/#post2097693
  18. Kiipu
    Has anyone seen an example of this sword before? Japanese records indicate at least 7,000 were in use. It is not discussed or depicted in any of the guntō books to date.
  19. Kiipu
    Actually, yours is lower. 阪 3490 vajo 阪 イ313 Ooitame
  20. Kiipu
    No worries as I shamelessly stole one of your pictures without permission and posted it over at WRF! https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/f216/why-did-army-revive-samurai-sword-design-1934-officers-770851-post2097543/#post2097543 1945-no54-late-naval-sword.pdf
  21. Kiipu
    Here is a 昭 marked Kanetada for the database. https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/Japanese-militaria/samurai-sword-markings-652734/
  22. Kiipu
    See post #8.
  23. Kiipu
    I think this table would look better if collectors could actually see what the symbols and kanji characters actually look like. Visuals aids can go a long way in my opinion.
  24. Kiipu
    I double-checked the translation and it does translate as "softwood." This appears to be as you said a rather generic term and not a specific type of wood that could be used as a scabbard liner. The hilt liner on the other hand, was a different story. Below are the characters in case you want to pursue the matter further. 軟木 = softwood
  25. Kiipu
    I would like to clarify exactly what the document is saying. The use of "Katsura" and "Linden" was for hilt liners. "Soft wood" was used for scabbard liners.
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