OLD SWORD ADVERTISEMENT

[Stegel]

Recently come across this online and thought you guys here might like it.

It's an advertisement from an old 1934 travel magazine, obviously aimed at the well off tourists of the time.

I don't know the exact value in today's terms but i think it would be quite a few years wages for me!

Lots of ads for Japanese companies, some with logo's that might interest a few.

Hope you guys enjoy it.

[robinalexander]

Approximate equivalent of of US $14,300 today. 

[Stegel]

Here's one from the Osaka Iron Works, a ship building company. ( O. I .W)

Couldn't help but notice how similar to the SMR logo it is.

Hope no smiths made swords here during their lunch breaks and that we may have miss identified it as a manchurian piece!

[Stegel]

Thanks Rob,

That makes me feel a bit better!

Got to save some pennies and i should be able to cover that, wish it was still offered today!

[PNSSHOGUN]

About the going rate for a top quality Sadakatsu today, how interesting....

[IJASWORDS]

Rob, I have a 1933, and that price is very close to the going rate today! 

[Brian]

Wow....amazing find Stegel. Gives some insight into how things were being done back then. Thanks for sharing.
 

[robinalexander]

Hi Neil, always going to be out of my price range but maybe you could post a couple of pics on the 'Show us your high class gunto' thread?

Rob

 

 

[vajo]

Very nice thanks.

[Michaelr]

 Very cool. Thank you for sharing

  MikeR

[francois2605]

6 hours ago, robinalexander said:

Hi Neil, always going to be out of my price range but maybe you could post a couple of pics on the 'Show us your high class gunto' thread?

Rob

 

 

 

He already did here: 

I had found a PDF on the Unique Japan website describing a sword exactly similar to his: https://new.uniquejapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ujka363-Gassan-Sadakatsu-Crown-Prince-Akihito-Ayasugi-Katana-Description.pdf

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Kiipu]

It's all Greek to me!  (Click on the thumbnails at the bottom left to see the brochure.)

http://www.venizelosarchives.gr/rec.asp?id=17994

 

Links to the 1932 correspondence between T. Nagahara and E. Venizelos.

http://www.venizelosarchives.gr/en/rec.asp?id=17979

http://www.venizelosarchives.gr/en/rec.asp?id=17987

 

Thanks for sharing the advert Stegel.

[IJASWORDS]

Rob, Francois found mine in another thread. SADAKATSU certainly made some nice stuff. 

[robinalexander]

Found it also thanks to Francois, just amazing Neil. I reckon you could get lost looking into that.... beautiful.

 

Rob

[Bryce]

Thanks for sharing this Stegel. I had read about these advertisements on Darcy's Yuhindo site, but it is good to see this firsthand. Has anyone translated Mr Venizelos' letter?

Cheers,

Bryce