Manchurian Rinji Seishiki Sword

[Bruce Pennington]

Could post this on the Mantetsu Survey thread, too, but since there aren't that many Mantetsu on file with the MRS fittings, I thought this would be a good place to post.

 

Got the privilege of examining this one personally.  Thanks Erns! @Stegel  A Spring 1944 Mantetsu, with MRS fittings, double stamp "連工"; serial セ 2521.  It has ivory or plastic (after removing them for photos, I think they are plastic) items in the ito, like menugi.  Awaiting translation from the Translation Assistance guys.

 

 

[BANGBANGSAN]

8 hours ago, Bruce Pennington said:

Could post this on the Mantetsu Survey thread, too, but since there aren't that many Mantetsu on file with the MRS fittings, I thought this would be a good place to post.

 

Got the privilege of examining this one personally.  Thanks Erns! @Stegel  A Spring 1944 Mantetsu, with MRS fittings, double stamp "連工"; serial セ 2521.  It has ivory or plastic (after removing them for photos, I think they are plastic) items in the ito, like menugi.  Awaiting translation from the Translation Assistance guys.

 

 

受聽器 Receiver

纖條電源 Fiber Power Supply

接 Connecting

[Bruce Pennington]

7 hours ago, BANGBANGSAN said:

纖條電源 Fiber Power Supply

Thanks Trystan!  The guys on the Translation forum said they came from some sort of phone or communication equipment.  Maybe a field radio?  I'll post them on Warrelics.  They seem to have a bunch of guys that collect that kind of equipment.

 

BTW, do you know what is meant by "fiber power supply"?

[Kiipu]

Thanks to Trystan who transcribed the characters above, I was able to find the following information.

接 = setsu = on, on-position, of switch.

受聽器 = juchōki = earphones, headphones.

纖條電源 = senjō dengen = filament supply.  A related term would be senjō dengen hen-atsuki 纖條電源變壓器 [filament supply transformer].

Source: United States, War Department. Japanese-English Technical Terms Dictionary. TM 30-482, November 1946.

[Bruce Pennington]

1 minute ago, Kiipu said:

纖條電源 = filament supply.

Hmm, the plot thickens.  I don't know anything about WWII electronic equipment.  Can't picture what device would use "filaments".

 

If someone here at NMB doesn't pop in with an answer by tomorrow, I'll run it by the Warrelics collectors.

 

Thanks Thomas & Trystan!

[Kiipu]

16 hours ago, Bruce Pennington said:

A Spring 1944 Mantetsu, with MRS fittings, double stamp "連工"; serial セ 2521.

 

What color is the ito wrap and also the scabbard?

[vajo]

The Japanese soldier are the filament for the emperor. The supply is going to infinity.

https://www.kurabo.co.jp/english/kurabo-history/

 

Maybe that was from textile machinery?

 

 

[Bruce Pennington]

10 hours ago, Kiipu said:

 

What color is the ito wrap and also the scabbard?

The saya is a very dark green.  At first glance, I thought it was black, but in good light you can see it is a dark, dark green.  The ito seems to be a very dark grey, or light black.

[Bruce Pennington]

Updating the thread with the current stats.

 

I have 18 of this style on file, all of them 1944/1945 except for Neil's '38

 

Manchurian Rinji Seishiki (MRS) Fittings

Date	Serial Number	Notes	Source
1938 Winter	N 156	SMR	IJASWORDS, NMB
1942 Spring	Unknown		Sohei swords/ebay
1944 Spring	SE 489	Ren	ebay
1944 Spring	SE 1029	Ren
1944 Spring	SE 1066	Ren
1944 Spring	SE 1144	Ren
1944 Spring	SE 1251
1944 Spring	SE 1310	Ren Leather Saya Cvr
1944 Spring	SE 1344	Ren
1944 Spring	No serial number	Ren Gold Saya	Worthpoint
1944 Spring	SE 2430	Ren 連工
1944 Spring	SE 2575	Ren 連工
1944 Spring	SU 10	Ren 連工
1944 Spring	? 199	Ren 連工
1945	I 142	Unknown	Fuller
1945	I 285	Mumei ND blade only	Steve, NMB
1945	I 165	Mumei ND	Remilitaria.com
1945	I 1170	Mumei ND

[Bruce Pennington]

Another for saie by St. Croix Swords HERE.  Has a 1945 mumei Mantetsu い 164

@Kiipu @BANGBANGSAN

 

[Kiipu]

The name is 林清 on the tag.  The first character is the last name and the last one is the first name.  Many different pronunciations for each character though.

@Stegel

[mecox]

As per Thomas, name at left likely to be:   Hayashi Kiyoshi   林清.   At right may be, but not sure:   Korei dai san bu ni katsu kai.   Army group??

 

 

[BANGBANGSAN]

2 hours ago, Kiipu said:

The name is 林清 on the tag.  The first character is the last name and the last one is the first name.  Many different pronunciations for each character though.

@Stegel

古厩第三部二（冶/浩？）会

 

林清

[Conway S]

Greetings, 

 

I thought I'd post one of my recent acquisitions. Perhaps in the same way colorful snakes scare potential predators away with bright colors, this parachute chord wrap scared potential bidders away. The wood core is original, but the same is gone. I'll hopefully send it off to get rewrapped soon. @Bruce Pennington thanks for referencing the hiragana "I" in your previous post. The mune is stamped  い 八八.The tsuba is stamped 7 80 and the fuchi has a faint 4 on the release button prong. 

 

Conway

 

[BANGBANGSAN]

31 minutes ago, Conway S said:

Greetings, 

 

I thought I'd post one of my recent acquisitions. Perhaps in the same way colorful snakes scare potential predators away with bright colors, this parachute chord wrap scared potential bidders away. The wood core is original, but the same is gone. I'll hopefully send it off to get rewrapped soon. @Bruce Pennington thanks for referencing the hiragana "I" in your previous post. The mune is stamped  い 八八.The tsuba is stamped 7 80 and the fuchi has a faint 4 on the release button prong. 

 

Conway

 

Congrats, you got it for a good deal.

[Bruce Pennington]

Glad it went to you Conway!

 

An update on observed Mantetsu in MRS fittings.  20 so far:

Manchurian Rinji Seishiki (MRS) Fittings

Date	Serial Number	Notes	Source
1938 Winter	N 156	SMR	IJASWORDS, NMB
1942 Spring	Unknown		Sohei swords/ebay
1944 Spring	SE 489	Ren	ebay
1944 Spring	SE 1029	Ren
1944 Spring	SE 1066	Ren
1944 Spring	SE 1144	Ren
1944 Spring	SE 1251
1944 Spring	SE 1310	Ren Leather Saya Cvr
1944 Spring	SE 1344	Ren
1944 Spring	No serial number	Ren Gold Saya	Worthpoint
1944 Spring	SE 2430	Ren 連工
1944 Spring	SE 2575	Ren 連工
1944 Spring	SU 10	Ren 連工
1944 Spring	? 199	Ren 連工
1945	I 88	Mumei	Conway, NMB
1945	I 142	Unknown	Fuller
1945	I 164	Mumei	St Croix swords
1945	I 165	Mumei	Remilitaria.com
1945	I 285	Mumei ND blade only	Steve, NMB
1945	I 1170	Mumei ND