Jcstroud

May I ask what is the the total length of sword hilt included?

If not he must have been 7 foot tall to keep it from dragging the ground.😁

You sure it wasnt Marilyn Manson? He He 😁

Was for cavalry most often ceremonial,if sharpened was for wartime use.

Did you get it yet ? I also would like to compare notes !

The crosshatched filemarks and the 4mm anchor stamp tends indicate takayama forge origin in my humble opinion. I have two Toyosuke blades that are comparable but not exact matches. The interesting thing about this blade is that it has a sarute,possibly an add-on .???

Hey John,hope you are well.Considering that these swords were made by the Japanese Naval Sword Company aka Tenshozan Tanrenjo and Stamped by Naval inspectors approving the products to fulfill the US Army contract. I will agreeably disagree because there is no real way to prove whether they were produced during or after the war.some yes some no but any of these that still hold an edge after 80 years is proof of their quality. .

Entirely up to you.You can always set a reserve for loss prevention. I personally have two of these and paid around what Brian mentioned for each.

Would like to know the length of the nakago or tang it looks very long. Thanks..... John

You can also search a prior thread titled: who was Toyosuke

Nice blades I have two posted prior #45 and #34 would love to see more photos if you would please.

I once had a kyu gunto that was unsharpened intentional

Likely was used for ceremonial purposes perhaps.As were cavalry swords.

It is my belief that these swords originally had a 1 shaku nakago used for officer training.were then collected and fitted with standard length koshirai .

Having 2 stamps which one was stamped first,in other words is there any way of knowing chronologically it seems the larger 6mm stamp appears mostly on mumei blades and the smaller seems to appear more on Takayama blades?