star stamped gendaito FS

[baldi1942]

A  star stamped "tachi-mei"  gendaito for sale ! 

URA signed; 

宗利 (MUNETOSHI)

OMOTE signed;   

昭和十八年五月            nakago tip -       松  1082

SHOWA 18 NEN 5 GATSU (May 1943)  MATSU (in circle)  1082

(note sure of the matsu designation)

Blade is       65.2cm  or 25 11/16"  

motohaba   32mm  or  1 5/16" 

kasane          6mm  or 1/4"+ 

yokote         22mm   or  7/8"+

Blade is in good condition with some staining and very shallow oxidation but overall yes, you could polish it but all activity is very visible under the correct lighting. I apologize as my amateur photographe is lacking.  Hamon is gunome in niedeki with ashi , yubashiri.  Hada is very tight itame.  Medium kissaki and small turn-back boshi in a slight gunome. Good copper habaki. 

Nice OD lacquered JIA saya and has the small surrender tag attached.  Tsuka has some issues but still holding in there after being liberated over 75 yrs ago. 

The tsuba is #'d   51 but all seppa, fuchi and locking button #'d 133.  The tip of locking button is missing.  

These star stamped blades are known to be well made gendaito. 

According to Fuller& Gregory "Japanese Military and Civil Swords and Dirks"  page 225;  The "star" stamp is believed to be added by an Army gendai swordsmith inspector appointed by the Army to buy good quality blades from individual swordsmiths. 

 A nice original WW2 Japanese Army Officer's Samurai sword. 

$2100 obo  - I'll leave it on the forum for a week or 2 then put it on eBay  

tom W   

 

The surrender tag has these kanji:  

富田村 TOMIDA-MURA (TOMIDA VILLAGE)

高沺 TAKA? 

梅村 幹治 UMEMURA MIKIHARU (OWNER'S NAME)