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    Steve: As George noted, the real value is in the blade. And yes, the wood saya would indicate late war, however I believe it would have been black lacquered originally. It looks as if someone may have stripped and cleaned it. Not surprising as you will often find these with chipped and peeling lacquer. Here is an example of one: John C.
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    Seems to be a corresponding pin on the fuchi as well. Could it have been part of a gunzoku kit? John C.
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    Correction noted. Sorry for the mislead, Bruce. John C.
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    Ed: I too have a Kanehide gendaito and have been tracking some information on him. Would you be able to tell me what type of mounts it came with (type 98 or rinji) and whether or not it has two small seki or Na stamps? Thank you, John C.
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    Joe: I do not believe it is a real Japanese sword. One give-away is the 40127 "serial number." This is a common number on these. As an example, here is another one: https://www.proxibid...ard-17-blade-sn40127 John C.
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    Poor writing on my part - I just meant old vs new. John C.
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    Maxim: I would also add that for 480,000 yen, you could get a nice papered older nihonto made with traditional tamahagane steel. But if a modern piece made with modern steel is what you want, then go for it. John C.
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    It's hard to see, however it looks like Showa 48 (1972) to me. John C.
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    Ian: It looks as if there may be some writing or numbers just under the habaki. Are there pictures of that? John C.
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    Mike: Just for additional info, the painted numbers (379) on the nakago are a type of assembly number. John C.
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    @Bruce Pennington Check out the W stamp on the nakago jiri. John C.
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    Bruce: Not sure if you have a Mac, but if you do, you can click on the link, go to View, then scroll down to translate and click. PC may have the same sort of functionality. John C.
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    Serial number on the blade seems to be in the right range; stamps on the fuchi look legit. But we always have to take that seller with a grain of salt. John C.
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    Mick: Yes. Steel can rust that quickly in a damp environment. Kind of like leaving a tool outside - in a couple of days there will be a layer of red rust. But in this case, the rust looks older to me. It is darker, not splotchy, not spider-like. I think at least some of that was there before. John C.
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    I'm pretty lucky at finding 100 dollar items as well. The only problem is, I usually pay 300 dollars for them! John C.
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    Toine: From what can be seen, the fittings (tsuba, seppa, hanger) do not appear to be Japanese. John C.
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    I thought that the showa/gifu stamps were only found on showato, though I was not sure if there may be an early "unicorn." John C.
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    @Bruce Pennington Thoughts? John C.
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    What do you all think? I know the jury is still somewhat out on this topic, particularly prior to 1942, however the seller claims this to be a water quenched gendaito - but with a showa stamp. Has anyone seen a traditionally made blade with this stamp? Kanenori (who made both showato and gendaito); no date. https://www.ebay.com...030039&segname=11051 John C.
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    It looks as if most of that pile are missing the kabutogane - maybe these were unfinished?? John C.
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    @Bruce Pennington For your files - on a Kanenori showato. https://www.ebay.com/itm/176255601899 John C.
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    I don't think the wording refers to the university, just Osaka army arsenal. But the article mentioned the University being part of it as a research facility. John C.
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    Yes...according to google app, anyway. From right to left starting at KA = 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th factories. John C.
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    So I was perusing some Nick Komiya's articles and came across a document we have seen a few times. But this time I focused on a different column (please see the circled column). It has the KA mark listed for the First Factory of Osaka University Army [military] research facility. According to one article, they were involved in equipment development. May be nothing. But I thought it was interesting - something I hadn't noticed before. John C.
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    @Bruce Pennington I hope this is another piece of the puzzle. On page 23 of the stamps doc, you note a "KA" symbol with unknown purpose. I found the same mark on a Japanese Red Cross medal. According to Peterson's Orders and Medals of Japan, he says this was used as a kind of mint mark. Unfortunately, he doesn't say from which facility. But if there were a facility that made both swords and medals........ John C.
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