name on seppa

[hobnails]

Hi i have an officers sword

With one of the seppa signed,

Would it be the person who owned the sword? How common is this.

Cheers

Chris

[reeder]

I’ve had a few but mine looked like they were scratched in. 

[BANGBANGSAN]

It says 島津氏佩刀-Sword weared by Shimatsu,or Shimatsu's sword.

[hobnails]

Thanks for the replies the seppa are all there and unmessed with so i think i can assume that its Shimatsu's sword.

Cheers

Chris

[PNSSHOGUN]

Can we see pictures of the whole sword? 

[hobnails]

Hi John, i posted some pictures on show us your high class gunto's last year i'm not sure how to show the link

so i have posted them again.

made by shigetsugu 1938 on the 8 month at the estate of Toyama Mitsuru, as its his grass script mei its a daisaku work

would love to no which one of his students forged it as i love the hamon.

cheers

Chris

[vajo]

wow, thats a nice sword!

[SteveM]

Wow. Nice. I think its January, Showa 13 (not August). Its got the Shimazu family crest on it as well. Nice ensemble. 

 

I saw a few examples on the net, but I didn't see anything that said these grass script mei where daisaku. Are you sure its a daisaku?

[PNSSHOGUN]

That is a really exceptional sword, might be worth going through the lists of high rank Japanese officers with that last name and see what turns up.

[BANGBANGSAN]

Very nice sword!

[hobnails]

Hi Steve when i was researching Shigetsugu on nmb i came across this threadhttps://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/10576-exhibited-shigetsugu-Japanese-sword-katana-sale-ebay/?do=findComment&comment=108373

Cheers

Chris

[SteveM]

Interesting discussion (and an unexpected interesting last photo in that discussion).

Thanks for positing your sword and for linking to the Shigetsugu thread. 

[sbf]

Shimazu Kiyoshi, Major General; Chief of Medical Department of 15th Army, Siam, by 1945. Surrendered a sword to Major General G. C. Evans, GOC 7th Indian Division, at Bangkok, Siam, 11 January 1946. 
 

From the book Shokan, by Richard Fuller. I recommend it to any collector of Japanese swords.

 

Steve

[hobnails]

Hi Steve thanks for the information i will have to get a copy of Shokan, i wonder if it was his sword.

cheers

Chris H

 

[Bruce Pennington]

Just ordered mine!  Didn’t realize he had been writing more books.

[Mister Gunto]

The Doctor had a very nice sword! Very cool!

[Moley]

Ooooooooooooohhhhhhh... 😍😍😍😍