Seth Posted June 3, 2023 Report Posted June 3, 2023 After reading through this thread when it popped into my feed I looked into my mumei type 98. I believe you are correct on the \ being 5 if you haven't already come to that conclusion My nakago, fuchi, and habaki are filed with \I + III. The tsuba and tseppa are marked with 63. No stamps that I can find FWIW. Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted June 3, 2023 Author Report Posted June 3, 2023 9 hours ago, John C said: they tried to stamp the 58 as XXX + XX + whatever, rather than just / + /III. Ah, now I see! I couldn't figure out what the heck that number was! Quote
BANGBANGSAN Posted June 6, 2023 Report Posted June 6, 2023 On 6/3/2023 at 9:09 PM, Bruce Pennington said: Ah, now I see! I couldn't figure out what the heck that number was! Yep,XXXXX 50 and /III 8=58 Quote
John C Posted June 6, 2023 Report Posted June 6, 2023 3 hours ago, BANGBANGSAN said: Yep,XXXXX 50 and /III 8=58 Trystan: This is one of the things that made me curious. Typically, it seems, the numbers were not added together - just written down. For 58, I would not expect a bunch of x's added together; instead I would expect just the / for 5 and the /III for 8. Was it common for the numbers to have been added? John C. Quote
Tensho Posted June 6, 2023 Report Posted June 6, 2023 Not sure if this is of any interest, but I just picked this up, 133 on all parts.. Army Gunto, older blade. Everything is in pretty rough shape.. 1 Quote
John C Posted June 6, 2023 Report Posted June 6, 2023 Looks right. You'll notice the tsuka is marked with what looks like a + rather than a - for the one. I have seen this before; probably so they did not confuse the 1 3 with a 4. I have also seen them use the + or x in place of a 0. John C. 1 Quote
BANGBANGSAN Posted March 8, 2024 Report Posted March 8, 2024 @Bruce Pennington Found 6 "X"s on the handle spine of a factory reworked type 30 bayonet, and the wood grip marked 60. 1 1 Quote
John C Posted March 8, 2024 Report Posted March 8, 2024 Reworked - that's interesting. Could explain the variation in how the roman numbers were written. John C. 1 Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted May 7, 2024 Author Report Posted May 7, 2024 Another using the ">" as a 5, on a Mantetsu, found by @Ontario_Archaeology Matt at this Buyee.jp auction 1 Quote
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