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How do you pronounce that kanji?

So far I've had: tsuna tsugu michi All are close, just can't find a match.

I just cannot seem to find the second character in any of my books or online references. Sorry, but this is the best pic I have from my phone at the moment. I can take a better one when I get home from work. Thanks to all, you are much appreciated!

Now I know. Much appreciated!

So what is Gannen?

I'm not interested in buying this sword, but I look at inscriptions to test myself on translations. I came across this katana on eBay and the date seems off to me. Best I can tell, the date is Man-en ku nen. Since Man-en was only 1860, and Bunku was 1861, wouldn't it be impossible to have a Man-en 9? Help me educate myself!

Not much doubt that the signature is real, I was just unable to find an exact match to the signature so I can't pin down the exact Kanenao it is. Here are all three I found, to compare side by side with yours.

Sho wa Showa is period beginning 1926 Ju 10 Shichi 7 Nen Year Shichi 7 Gatsu Month Hi Day So, A day in the 7th month of 1943 I found 3 Kanenao working during Showa. All three examples used a full signature, not just the name. I posted the oshigata of the signature that looks closest in style to the original post. I found no exact match though. Hope this helps. Dan

Hey Ron! i see you are also native to South Carolina. I am just outside of Charleston. Where are you located? I'm always looking for others to share info with and help with collections.

I also have Dawson's book, but it was stuck under many other Japanese sword reference books. i will admit, the Fuller & Gregory book was closer to the top, and thicker, so I only looked through that one reference. I gotta quit being so lazy. lol I think I will probably pass on this deal due to the scabbard missing the brass covering on the end, literally letting the blade stick out.

Yeah, I noticed that. I think that kind of kills any value of it.

I stumbled upon a sword for sale near me that I am unable to match to any of the diplomat swords in Fuller & Gregory Military Swords of Japan. It seems to fall into the category of Diplomat sword, but the decorations are different than any of the pics in the book. (Dragonfly). The one side of the hand guard looks to have half of the police rising sun emblem. Just wondering if anyone has any additional info on this. Nihonto is my main collection, but I can get this fairly cheap to broaden my collection. Much Appreciated in Advance!

Thank you Kelly, I think I'm just going to wait.

I see the resemblance.

Neither have I. I had to look at it a few times to really understand that it would actually hold a kodzuka blade.

Are you saying to have my items sent to you, then you send to me with your DHL contract?

I was just looking through ebay and found this unusual kozuka. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Japan-antique-Edo-period-Goto-school-Shishi-Dragon-Kozuka-Shibuichi-Box-sword/324204218015?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D225074%26meid%3D5aaa6ac6a70447c586d82c2cc8fa18e9%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D6%26rkt%3D15%26mehot%3Dnone%26sd%3D324297817121%26itm%3D324204218015%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3Addfe4350-f91c-11ea-a4f3-74dbd1803c93|parentrq%3A9d9009871740aaa32b8411f9fffccf00|iid%3A1

Thank you to everyone. My recent purchases have NOT been weapons, but a tsuba, and some seppa, and fuchi. The sellers of both items used DHL. Is it difficult to ship via DHL for non-blade items?

I have won a couple auctions from ebay in the last month or two, and have NOT had any problems with shipping. I won a kozuka last night and the seller tells me that Japan post will not do air shipping, and he can only Japan post the item via seamail and it could take 3-4 months for delivery! He says that DHL and FedEx are too expensive and he does not have an account with them to get cheap shipping. I'm about to cancel this deal with him since he never mentioned the shipping problem in his listing, only after I won the auction. Any suggestions? He has a few other items I am wanting to get, but don't want to wait for 3-4 months. There has got to be a better way. Much Appreciated! Dan

Add to that, I will also be making replacement fittings for the area around the flash pan. These are the best pics I have found to attempt to replicate the parts.

I work at a machine shop and have access to many machines. I planned to make the existing hole a solid size...say 2mm for example, then make a plug that is 2.1mm outside diameter, with a hole in the center of about .5mm (maybe less). I can freeze the plug in liquid nitrogen and insert easily into the 2mm hole, then as the plug heats up, it will have a solid interference fit, and no fear of ejecting out. Your thoughts on this?

Piers, The internal bore is in good shape, with some minor pitting. The pan, however, has some deep pitting. What should the diameter of the through hole be? I would like to get this into working condition. With the through hole being so large, there would be a great loss of pressure once the main charge ignites.

I just received a new to me Wakizashi, that came with older NBTHK papers for the koshirae. I am familiar with and mostly understand papers for the blade, but I know nothing about papers for the koshirae. The only part I do understand on this paperwork is the date of Showa Go Ju Ichi nen ju ichi gatsu roku hi. This date also matches the day the sword received its Kicho Ninteisho papers. I have no idea what is on this paper. I would greatly appreciate help with the translation! Much Appreciated!

There are some very interesting items in there, BUT!!!, keep in mind the 25% buyers premium added on to your final bid price. Then you must arrange shipping on top of that...on an item with just a few generic pics.