Conway S
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Thank you for the assistance Moriyama san。
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This one really has me stumped. I think it’s “Minamoto ju X kitae kore.” 源住X鍛之。 I thought maybe the missing character is 助 or 功, but cannot find any Showa smiths by that name. Any help is greatly appreciated! Con
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The sword is authentic. It is what is referred to as a zohei-to and the mei reads “Zoheisho.” See the below link with good information. http://ohmura-study.net/206.html Per forum guidelines you should also sign posts with a first name. Conway
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The stamp is the katakana ス and is sometimes a production sequence prefix. 112 could be part of the sequence, but it could also just be a number used to keep the koshirae and blade together during assembly. I would like to see more pictures of the whole sword, once you have the photo re-sizing figured out.
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The mark on the tsuba is the trademark of the company Suya Shoten (listed in figure posted above by Bruce). The second stamp on the tang looks like it could be a “to” stamp 東 for Tokyo First Arsenal. Does this sword by chance have a fullered blade also? A better picture would help in correctly identifying the stamp.
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1892 Type 25 survey assistance needed
Conway S replied to John C's topic in Military Swords of Japan
Good idea, Bruce! The Meiji period NCO swords are really quite interesting to me, like the Type 25, Type 32, and other lesser encountered swords (ex. Type 8 riding swords). I am glad enthusiasts here, like @John C, are compiling records on some of them. -
Increasing Gold Membership numbers?
Conway S replied to Brian's topic in General Nihonto Related Discussion
I have a few thoughts: - Limit the number of total posts a non-paying member can make per month. - I know logistically it may be hard for the moderators to mail out NMB merchandise to gold members, but maybe club merch could be designed and gold-members receive a link to go to a third-party website where they can purchase/claim NMB-branded merchandise. -
Translation would be assistance greatly appreciated
Conway S replied to dwmc's topic in Translation Assistance
@Bruce Pennington it’s the same sword Steve posted here: -
@Scogg Here is a pattern 5 with bohi:
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Bruce, The mei is Ando Kanemoto. Conway
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Hi Amie, Your sword is signed Inaba no Kuni Ju Fujiwara Kanesaki. Here’s a recent thread where some good information was provided on this line of Swordsmiths: Conway
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Just noticed the “w” yamagata chevron at the bottom of the nakago too.
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@Bruce Pennington
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It also has a “Nan” stamp 南 hiding up by the fuchi.
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It’s Spring 1943… Don’t you have your own Mantetsu? You should know the signature by now!
