Bruce Pennington Posted December 18, 2022 Author Report Posted December 18, 2022 Wow, what a doozy! Still has cosmoline on it. Looks like something made for Burmese collaborators, maybe. Thanks for posting, Chris. 1 Quote
vajo Posted December 18, 2022 Report Posted December 18, 2022 Bruce the Menuki - is saw this kind of menuki but i didn't remember were. Also the Kabutogane looks like something is see before. 1 Quote
Kiipu Posted January 20, 2023 Report Posted January 20, 2023 Another plain version courtesy of @edgartwib can be seen at the NMB thread below. New guy with a type 95 and 98? 1 Quote
Johnaturalstones Posted January 24, 2023 Report Posted January 24, 2023 Here is a follow on from the last photos posted of this sword. I finally got it sent over from aus to the uk. I got to the tang and there seems to be some markings on it that looks like mihara ミハラ I cleaned off some of the cosomoline. I’ll be keeping it on my mantle as a family heirloom. Thought I would post here to see some opinions on it Quote
BANGBANGSAN Posted January 24, 2023 Report Posted January 24, 2023 1 hour ago, Johnaturalstones said: Here is a follow on from the last photos posted of this sword. I finally got it sent over from aus to the uk. I got to the tang and there seems to be some markings on it that looks like mihara ミハラ I cleaned off some of the cosomoline. I’ll be keeping it on my mantle as a family heirloom. Thought I would post here to see some opinions on it I think it's ジヤワ Java sword. 2 2 Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted May 16, 2023 Author Report Posted May 16, 2023 On 1/14/2021 at 7:19 AM, Dave R said: ...and. Found an almost identical on this Auction Site. Same kabutogane and tsuba. The stamp is just barely visible in this shot: The rest: Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted June 13, 2023 Author Report Posted June 13, 2023 A showa stamped Yoshinao in late war fittings. I do have 3 '45 dated showa-stamped blades on record (from a Cox survey, no photos), so this could have been made in '45. Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted February 7 Author Report Posted February 7 Thanks to @John C for bringing this to our attention. A craigslist sale posted HERE. What's unique is the blue Seki approval sticker on the saya. The seller says the blade and saya are mismatched because the chuso does not line up with the saya. I personally say this - We believe the saya with these labels are late war. We also think "island swords" are late war. Wouldn't the stickered saya be a logical thing to see on a late-war blade? To me, they support each other in legitamacy. Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted February 9 Author Report Posted February 9 Just noticed the photos of the late war Yoshinao went dead. I must have posted photo links rather than the actual photos. Good reason to always post photos, not links! Here's the photos from my file: Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted April 8 Author Report Posted April 8 Here's a late-war gunto with a nice quality kabutogane, found by @John C on this ebay sale. Undated Kanenori, with the 3-point Seki paper label. 1 Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted June 20 Author Report Posted June 20 On 11/29/2022 at 8:23 PM, John C said: Bruce: Could this be a variation of a late war emergency stamp? https://www.ebay.com/itm/295367094149?hash=item44c5402f85%3Ag%3AFYQAAOSwGvZjgUs0&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoE2vtf1G0e6%2BYCRzQdr5e1FQNMgrEltgGeArcOmW7ZbSnRt2aUALk6H6UmPegZB3KZaTm9VpsjRGd%2BJcf9Bp8DOQiviWJgLA%2BQsAEM5XixxkYgVQ0IXqhjD%2FMWgB%2FzNRiGrMzBRb4VmyPhekf5%2BHOvMmhmIHPntWMq4xGMKSBBBjYDx6lZyE7fjUZxHj0%2FF%2BtKq6H3IjPf5QJygz0VMdhI4%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR8iMk-iYYQ&LH_ItemCondition=4|10 John C. @BANGBANGSAN I know we have another thread with several of these, but I cannot find it. I've been filing these as "Manchurian". This seller is claiming them to be Sumatran. I think they are wrong and we are right about them, but it is found AT THIS AUCTION Quote
BANGBANGSAN Posted June 20 Report Posted June 20 1 hour ago, Bruce Pennington said: @BANGBANGSAN I know we have another thread with several of these, but I cannot find it. I've been filing these as "Manchurian". This seller is claiming them to be Sumatran. I think they are wrong and we are right about them, but it is found AT THIS AUCTION The kanji on the tang is Chinese "順“, not Indonesian。 1 1 Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted November 10 Author Report Posted November 10 Found this one on this California Auctioneers auction Quote
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