Max C

I am raising the question again, is there any expert that anyone could suggest to authenticate these blades and who might be willing to travel to Quebec?

Thanks! Here are two close ups of this last blade.

Well I wasn't expecting that! Of course the next step would be to show it to an expert, I am would never feel confortable to officially identify this. Could anyone suggest someone able to authenticate this piece? It is located in Quebec City, Canada.

Any other guess on the second tanto or the wakizashi tsuba mei?

Thank you Thomas. It appears that the blade has a couple of kitaeware. I believe this would be indicative of a folded (if somewhat badly) blade?

Thanks to both of you. I'll try to post some more pictures tonight when I get home, I don't think any of them really shows it but there was some kind of a faint hada going on.

Thanks Piers!

Also realized that some pictures were missing. Second tanto: The tsuba for the wakizashi

Thank you! As for the second one, its not much clearer but here is another view. http://i42.tinypic.com/33lhtl5.jpg

Hello everyone, I am helping a local regimental museum to identify part of their sword collection, among them are many nihonto and a couple of gunto. This one grabbed my attention as it seems to be a naval officer sword with a nihonto blade. I am unfamiliar with naval sword tassel so if anyone could name the rank it identifies I would be grateful. Also can anyone identify the mon and translate the mei? Thank you for any help you can bring.

I am helping a local regimental museum to identify some of the swords in their collections. Some of them are Nihonto, and I would be glad if you could help me to identify some of them. The first one is a small tanto with a kanji horimono. Unfortunately the kissaki is broken but it is signed , and interestingly the sageo seems to be recycled from a military gunto tassel. It is very scratched and I could barely make out the hamon or hada. The second one is also a tanto, lavishly decorated, the saya lacquer work is done so that a raised decor representing a dragon is shown. It is also signed, unfortunately a mekugi hana was pierced partly onto one of the characters. The blade exhibits a single bo-hi and has an assymetrical theme to its fittings. The third one is a wakizashi, the blade was cut and is unsigned but the tsuba is signed, part of the yasuri me is still visible. Any information you could give would be very much appreciated.

Thank you Piers! I took a look at that list for a couple of minutes and... oh boy! I came up with a couple of candidates but none of them really look like what I have here, but I guess its just because of the way it was stylized. What would the kanji refer to? A unit or a family?

Hello everyone, I just bought this antique jingasa, and was wondering if anyone could help me identify its provenance and age? The Mon is familiar but I can't remember where I've seen it before. Any hint you can give is appreciated!

Thanks for the info Lance. Would be great to have a thread with unusual details on gunto/military gendai to. If anyone has anything to contribute please do so!

Thank you Mariusz, most helpful indeed!