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[Peter Bleed]

Yesterday I fell heir to an obscure – but interesting - bit of Japanese sword literature. Since I already own a copy of this item, and since “we” discussed it a decade ago (!) here on NMB, I am offering it here as a fund raising exercise.

The item is a nice clean edition of the August 1966 SAGA magazine which presented an article by Allen Schwartz entitled “Million Dollar WWII Swords.” Frankly, the ‘article’ ain’t much, but it offers a couple of color photos of swords from the collection of Bumpei Usui along with a disjointed text. What IS remarkable is a list of 14 kokuho blades that disappeared into the Occupation Army. This list has become rather luridly famous – Sgt Coldy Bimore and all that. This article attributes the list to Albert Yamanaka, but I was never able to find it in Albert’s Newsletter. A fragmented copy of the article appeared here on NMB a decade ago.

But if someone out there wants to own their own copy of this bit of incunabula, they can own this one if they contribute $50 (or more) to the Nihonto Message Board. You send a check to Brian, I’ll mail you the magazine. Slam dunk!

Peter

[Brian]

Huge thanks Peter, and much appreciated.
Of course Paypal, credit card, bitcoin, first born.....all equally accepted

[Bruce Pennington]

Good Idea Peter!  I'll jump on this bandwagon, too.  I somehow wound up with 2 paper-back copies of the Fuller & Gregory book "Military Swords of Japan, 1868-1945" 1993 edition.  It's not their latest edition, and is not a fancy as the newest version, but it has a couple of things not found in the new edition.  Amazon has used ones for $40-60, so how about $50 to NMB, and I'll cover shipping (US only.  I'll ship international if you are willing to cover the cost over average US costs).

 

[Brian]

[Brian]

Just a bump in case anyone is interested in either of these 2 generous offers.

[Bruce Pennington]

The Fuller book is sold!  Money coming your way Brian as soon as the transfer hits my bank from paypal.

[Brian]

Awesome, and a great book it is too. Thanks Bruce!

[Mark C]

Great idea,

 

I will have a look into my library and see what i no longer require but in the meantime I have just donated.

 

regards