Gunsui-To

[Bruno]

Hello,

 

I am looking for pictures of Gunsui-to (nakago & blades), as I did not find much online.

 

If you own one and have pictured it, I would be interested in seeing them.

 

Thanks in advance

 

Edit: Gunsui-to, not Gensui-to

[seattle1]

Hello:

 I can't put my finger on it at the moment but the late Han Bing Siong did a wonderful write up on such and published same in the JSS/US NL or a special separate publication of samesome years ago.

 Arnold F.

[Bruno]

Thanks Arnold. I'd like to find out if they were made with the same uniform level of care and finish that most Mantetsu-to were, or if there are various levels of quality among them like traditional gendai-to. It seems only an handful of smiths made them in Gunma.

[lonely panet]

they would be 10000000% better i would have thought.

 

off the top of my head there were only 25 made. 

 

PS beer in hand.

[Bruno]

they would be 10000000% better i would have thought.

 

off the top of my head there were only 25 made. 

 

PS beer in hand.

 Only 25 made?! Really?

[lonely panet]

by the spelling, I assume your referring to this sword

[Bruno]

No I guess yours is Gensui-to, I am talking about swords made by Gunsui-ko, which was an electrolytic iron made by a hydroelectric power company in Gumma prefecture as a substitute for tamahagane.

[Bazza]

Hello:

 I can't put my finger on it at the moment but the late Han Bing Siong did a wonderful write up on such and published same in the JSS/US NL or a special separate publication of samesome years ago.

 Arnold F.

I had quite a correspondence with the Honorable and Venerable Han Bing Siong and somewhere I think I have a photo of the gunsuito he had.  I'll bear it in mind as I continue cleaning up the chaos of 50+ years of collecting/hgoarding/disorganising...   Ahhh, just seen Bruno's post to Hamish. HBS's sword was a gensuito...

 

BaZZa

[Bruno]

Hello bazza, 
 
Yes I am referring to this kind of sword: 
 
http://www.nihontocraft.com/Gunsuihagane.html
 
http://www.nihontocraft.com/Kanetomo.html
 
http://ohmura-study.net/994.html(bottom of the page)

[Bruce Pennington]

Interesting topic, never heard these talked about. Following.

[Bruce Pennington]

Here's a good one for you, Bruno!  Found by @Beater at Japanese.sword.katana.jp page.

 

Anyone know of the significance or meaning of the starburst at the top?  Religious, celestial?

 

[Mark]

strange if it is a stamp, maybe unknown........ it also looks a bit like someone started drilling a hole there and quit but dressed it up to cover it up trying to make it into something

[John C]

7 hours ago, Mark said:

someone started drilling a hole

I had the exact same thought. Probably a one-off.

 

John C.

[vajo]

Flaming heart or better the pearl of wisdom.

As a symbol for fudo myoo the guardian of the east.