hobnails Posted September 6, 2020 Report Posted September 6, 2020 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 Quote
reeder Posted September 6, 2020 Report Posted September 6, 2020 I’ve had a few but mine looked like they were scratched in. Quote
BANGBANGSAN Posted September 6, 2020 Report Posted September 6, 2020 It says 島津氏佩刀-Sword weared by Shimatsu,or Shimatsu's sword. 2 1 Quote
hobnails Posted September 6, 2020 Author Report Posted September 6, 2020 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 Quote
PNSSHOGUN Posted September 7, 2020 Report Posted September 7, 2020 Can we see pictures of the whole sword? Quote
hobnails Posted September 7, 2020 Author Report Posted September 7, 2020 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 5 1 Quote
SteveM Posted September 7, 2020 Report Posted September 7, 2020 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? Quote
PNSSHOGUN Posted September 7, 2020 Report Posted September 7, 2020 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. 1 Quote
hobnails Posted September 7, 2020 Author Report Posted September 7, 2020 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 1 Quote
SteveM Posted September 7, 2020 Report Posted September 7, 2020 Interesting discussion (and an unexpected interesting last photo in that discussion). Thanks for positing your sword and for linking to the Shigetsugu thread. Quote
sbf Posted September 20, 2020 Report Posted September 20, 2020 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 Quote
hobnails Posted September 21, 2020 Author Report Posted September 21, 2020 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 Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted September 21, 2020 Report Posted September 21, 2020 Just ordered mine! Didn’t realize he had been writing more books. Quote
Mister Gunto Posted September 22, 2020 Report Posted September 22, 2020 The Doctor had a very nice sword! Very cool! Quote
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