Peter Bleed Posted February 20, 2017 Report Posted February 20, 2017 A friend showed me a sword this weekend that I hope will be of interest to some on the NMB.. It is a blade that rather looks like a Japanese parade sword. It has a habaki and a kesho hamon, BUT it is generally cruder than comparable Japanese swords. It also has what I read as a Plum blossom in a sprigs of grass on the back strap. I suppose that it may be Manchukoan, but I do not see a comparable koshirae in Dawson's book - - and I note that he says that " Plum Blossoms" are common on Chinese swords. Any expert reactions?Peter PS. Yes Yes, I see that my image is slight out of focus. Please be assured that this thing didn' look very good in real life! Oh, and that gunto laying on the table in the background was a vert ordinary Seki blade. And a week ago I was in Tampa! P Quote
lonely panet Posted February 20, 2017 Report Posted February 20, 2017 Big problems with correctly IDing these type of swords can occur. We await better photos Quote
Peter Bleed Posted February 20, 2017 Author Report Posted February 20, 2017 Well, Okay, Hamfish. I'll try to get some better images. Peter Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted February 20, 2017 Report Posted February 20, 2017 It will help to see good pics of the hand guard basket as well. Quote
Stopper37 Posted March 5, 2017 Report Posted March 5, 2017 According to page 23 of Jan Culbertson's Chinese Sword: nationalist and communist, the logo is Nationalist Chinese Police. Edit: looks like its been answered in another post thread, nevermind Quote
Brian Posted March 5, 2017 Report Posted March 5, 2017 Flipping hell Jon...where have you been? Been ages since I heard from you. Stopper 37 indeed. Hope you visit SA again sometime. Ok...will take it to pm..back to the subject at hand. 1 Quote
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