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Neat, thank you all so far for your input. J. Hoff

Additional pics.

Additional pics

Additional pics.

This is a buddies sword from the gun show circuit. He asked me if i could snap some pictures and get a bit of information from all the smart people here. Any idea on a name or blade info would be really neat. They are cell phone pictures so not the best I apologize for that. Thanks for your help everyone.

Thanks for your response, it’s greatly appreciated. Hope you enjoy the flag it’s such a cool piece of history. Im taking it to a show with me this weekend, so maybe I’ll get some additional names done as I show people. One piece at a time I’m building a cool collection.

Here is a picture of the flag I got it’s beautiful. The second is of it and it’s friends.

No way, that booth was super cool, we spent a while there looking at stuff, I didn’t speak with you other than saying hello and speaking briefly. I do have pictures of your booth. Wish I knew, it’s life. I hope you had a wonderful show.

I went to the show this year and it sure was amazing. There were quite a bit of swords of Japanese origin and from WW2. I found a fair amount of Japanese WW2 military items as well. I took over 400 images of the booths. I walked around with my sword, not necessarily to sale but got to share it with many people. I got a fair amount of offers from the public, and two vendors/people actually spent some time viewing it which was neat and always nice to hear kind words as a beginner myself. I didn’t purchase any swords but there were 3 that caught my eye. Prices seemed a wee bit high compared from the last collector show I went to but that’s life and it’s the SOS’s so ehh. However the selection makes up for the price and in all honesty this show is about the nice stuff so paying more isn’t a bad thing considering it’s probably pretty nice. That being said I attend around 122 ish shows a year on the gun show side but this show yields more swords you’ll ever find at a gun show. There were a lot of wonderful people and so many great military’s items. We left with 3 backpacks full of goodies and I now own one of the most beautiful signed flags I’ve come across. So it’s hard to beat that. We will be going again next year so maybe I can meet up with a few of you there.

Thank you so much @SteveM I appreciate your response. I'm excited to type out a paper for this banner. Thanks for your help and insite. -J. HOFF

Thanks for the comment @SteveM I'd like to nail the name down so thank you for the insite. Do you by chance know the name of this style of banner or the porpous? - J Hoff

I get that portion also. However the bottom is where I start getting lost. I don't know how well google translate does with this painted text. -J Hoff

I believe this is the Army side of business vs the Navy. But I'm honestly unsure. Figured there are lots of smart people here that may be able to provide some insite as to this banner.

Hello everyone, This is a beautiful banner I recently picked up from a gentleman in Colorado, while at a Utah gunshow. It was found in the private home of a family in Toyama Prefecture and that it was used by the 7th Infantry and it has some kind of information about a special attack Force. I don't have the translation on it unfortunately. He told me that it was a parade/victory banner that was flown as soldiers marched down the street. Can anyone help me decipher what it says? It's huge so I haven't got the best pictures currently. It has seen better days, there is regrettably mutiple areas damaged, however I sure am excited to own it. - J. Hoff

Is there a link to a list of often forged names or examples? I have a green paper 2nd gen Kunisada of AIZU Provence I got a little over a year ago. I'll get the paperwork from the display and photograph it tomorrow. I think it's this green color mentioned. my org. post of the sword is here Thanks, Jonathan H.

Thanks for the link, I will look into that website and check them out. I have looked at the second website that you mentioned and I did pick up a few things. I have to figure out how to access the roster lists that he had posted. Then I believe I could possible find the regiment or unit and possibly the solider if there is an available roster list.

Thank you for your comment. Appreciate it! J. Hoff

I recently purchased this dogtag online to add to my collection. However the seller did not have a translation in the description section. I was wondering if it was possible to understand what this tag says. Bruce said to try this spot out so here I am. Thanks for your time, I should have the tags Friday. J. Hoff

Thanks for posting and welcome to the group. haha not like I'm not new myself. Neat sword you have, thanks for sharing it. I have included a picture of my Tsuba which is quite similar to yours. I have noticed about 4 other swords with a similar guard. not sure of the official name or style. My sword tang has a style close to yours in terms of shape and the angles and flats like yours. Hopefully you enjoy it. Sword aside I've noticed these couple things... - The handle wrap is incorrect looking / / / / one direction in the wrapping. - The Tsuba does look similar to mine however it looks much newer. It seems fresh if that makes sense, maybe not exposed to elements? - The ray skim looks nice and white. - The leather combat wrap looks to be in nice condition. Here is mine and his Tsuba: -J. Hoff

@Conway S do you have any idea of the name of style of Tsuba that is referred to? Thanks for sharing the pictures, great looking sword.

Thanks for sharing, it's neat to see a similar one.

Ok, so here are a few more pictures of the Tsuba. I got images as close as I could with my macro lens. Thankfully the 47mp images contain a lot of information. * The center of the guard does look like it was altered by the previous owner or someone else and recently :[ it looks like a file was used. * The "marks" do look like little tiny chisel tip marks. Not in the best condition sadly. Kinda neat. * Beaver Fur

Here is a close up image of the "marks" from one of the previous images zoomed in at about 100%. I do see some evidence of what looks like chisel marks but not sure. I will need to get a new image in a bit different light and angle maybe. I finally have some time to do some things this evening so this will be next. -J. Hoff

Thanks for sharing the topics. I will see if I can get some macro images of that section this evening. I'm really not sure if it's signed more so then some scratches or damages but who knows. Appreciate it 🙏 -J. Hoff

Images 2. * Molly cat jumped in to crash the photo session. Then ate treats because she's cool. ( to distract her )