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  1. John C
    Yes. I was thinking about KJT but wasn't clear. John C.
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    Just my opinion, however for me it's all about the blade. I would rather buy a mumei gendaito blade than a signed stainless or showato. BUT, an inscription or dedication that is meaningful could make a difference. John C.
  3. John C
    The number 4 perhaps? John C.
  4. John C
    Thank you, David. But does anyone know why they switch up like that? Specifically referring to Kanehide, he signed one way prior to becoming an RJT, signed a different way during his RJT days, then switched back. Why would he do that? If the reason is simply because he felt like it, then okay. I was just wondering if there was any particular reason, like a directive from an arsenal or something, a smith might do that. John C.
  5. John C
    Nope. I have the intellegence of a rabid hamster. I just keep a large file of signatures and I recognized it. John C.
  6. John C
    Mark: The arrows in the first point to two issues. The angle of the latch and the lack of a flat area in the middle of the tsuba. The second shows a pointed ground area typical of fakes. John C.
  7. John C
    Noshu ju Ishihara Yoshisada. Looks like a Gifu stamp, so not mass produced but not traditional. We call it a showato. John C.
  8. John C
    Thanks. This is what I was thinking about. John C.
  9. John C
    I have a general question about how mei were written on gunto. I will use Kanehide as an example. Prior to being registered as a gunto smith, he wrote 'Noshu ju" then in 1943/44 he wrote "Seki Kanehide" then switched back to "Noshu ju" in 1945. Obviously, they are the same place so why switch? Does this have anything to do with where a smith was working or for whom? Or is this just the whimsey of the smith to change their mei for some reason known only to them? John C.
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    Kanehide, RJT smith, has similar examples dated year 2600. He was making swords for the army prior to RJT program as well. So not uncommon, I assume. John C.
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    Jean: A forging question. Would you be able to forge the knife to say 80 percent rough shape, drift a hole into the wide part of the blade (near the ricasso perhaps), then insert the stone Heating and forging just enough to set it? John C.
  12. John C
    I use these type of reuseable dessicant packets in a tansu drawer lined with cedar (basically a cedar chest with drawers). Cheap and effective. You can use as many or as few as you want. Until you get your high-speed museum set-up, that is. https://www.amazon.com/Wisesorb-Rechargeable-Dehumidifier-Reactivated-Desiccant/dp/B0CYZN82JD/ref=sxin_19_pa_sp_search_thematic_sspa? John C.
  13. John C
    So the one above is real, and this is fake? Talk about a topsy turvy world. John C.
  14. John C
    Is there any information, scuttlebutt, rumor, inuendo, or actual statistics on how common it was for an RJT to make non-star stamped gendaito? I assume they sold to private shops like other smiths or were there different regs for RJT? John C. Inquiring minds want to know
  15. John C
    I have two type 3/RS mounts that are lacquered, however I was not sure if that was a common practice with type 98. John C.
  16. John C
    Thanks, everyone. Makes a lot more sense now. It was from a Kanehide I was logging and thought it was strange to be leather. John C.
  17. John C
    Hello: Has anyone seen an original type 98 tsuka wrapped in leather or is this post war bubba? Looks older to me, possibly original? Opinions please. John C.
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    Looting is simply a type of theft and subject to whichever laws are applicable at the time. But I suspect you are correct that MacArthur was being punitive against the Japanese because he knew how much swords were a national identity. John C.
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    Mike: The arsenal marks are sometimes hard to see under the crossguard. Also, it probably would have had a leather seppa against the crossguard at one point and the hole in the crossguard would have been the rivet point for the leather finger loop, which is often missing. John C.
  20. John C
    Since the country is effectively under martial law at that point, the commanding general (by extension from the general staff and president) is the law maker. So as long as there are no human rights violations, he has the right and responsibility to protect his occupying force by disarming the citizens and military. All of these "laws" are a product of "unconditional" surrender. John C.
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    In the simplest terms, from a US perspective anyway, "spoils of war" is legal because it refers to military use equipment and material from the other side. Looting, the taking of personal property, is illegal and is considered a war crime. So if a sword were carried in battle, then it could be classified as a spoil. But the same sword taken from a home by an occupying force would be considered looting and would be a war crime, under US law. John C.
  22. John C
    Dan: While stars have been represented as dots in many forms, the part that has puzzled me are the rice-shaped holes in between the stars. As a wood worker, it reminds me of kumiko, like the sample below. If they do represent constellations, however, there must be more to the story. The shapes seem to be off - but in the same way on each piece. John C.
  23. John C
    Space alien sword? Count me in! John C.
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    A dose of optimism: Maybe he is making swords as replicas for the movie industry. John C.
  25. John C
    John: I recently read a twist to this theory; that if a samurai's sword were to come out more than 3 finger widths out of the scabbard, it was considered that he "drew his sword." And in the presence of someone important, that could mean death. Just another reason to tie it down. John C.
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