Nice Naval Officer's Sword

[Ed Hicks]

Nice Naval Officer's Sword...If anyone has a reference for this sword smith please let me know. Thanks for looking. Ed

[ggil]

Ed, please help me out: anchor stamp is usually on the stainless blades which didn't take a temper (hamon) right? Yours seems to have a hamon, so some weren't stainless it seems... thanks,

-Grant

[Ed Hicks]

Grant, This is a bit of an odd one. It appears to have hada and a hamon. I have owned other swords with anchor stamps that were apparent hybrids with mixed steel. Ed

[Dave R]

 Not all "stainless" steels are equal. Ohmura San has something to say about this, and I have seen in hand a Kai Gunto in Stainless, with a splendid Hamon, signed by the Smith and the Polisher.

[Stephen]

somewhere we have a thread on a forge that made blades for Navy, most of the smiths started with Masa, sorry cant find it in search, it was a type of stainless but better.

[Stephen]

http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/3548-takayama-prison-sword-mei/page-2?hl=+navy%20+forge

 

save yourself some time and go to second page ...it may to do with Takayama forge Ed, not sure.

[tesscoothome123]

Hi Ed, Look under Tenshozan Tanrenjo  and you will find answers. This was a Naval Forge. Regards, John

[Ed Hicks]

Thanks. I am familiar with the forge, but not with this smith (I likely read it wrong). Ed

[tesscoothome123]

Hi Ed, Just pulled two out that are the same as yours, both appear stainless and have a straight hamon as yours. Regards, John

[ggil]

Thanks for all the info past and present contributors.

[Kiipu]

Ed Hicks, is this blade dated by chance?  If so, and still at hand, what is the date?

[reeder]

tensho.jpg (71×521) (japaneseswordindex.com)

 

Tenshozan naval forge.  Nicer than the average SS naval blade.  Bummer about the mounts, well really just the tsuka.