Ebay mantetsu - did I mess up?

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On 6/28/2023 at 8:03 PM, BANGBANGSAN said:

（3）生産期間  昭和19年10月～20年8月 (実際は昭和18年春より製造されている。たまたま特定期間が記載された事に注意)

「南」・「連」刻印を持つ刀身は、これらの情報から南満陸軍造兵廠が満鉄の技術導入で独自に製造したという解釈も成り立つが、「満鐵鍛造之」の銘から推測すると、満鉄から半完品で南満陸軍造兵廠に納められたものではなかろうか。未だ真相は謎である。

 

Hi Trysten, Ohmura sensei's statement is based upon the 南 & 連 inspection marks that appear on the blades inspected by Nan-Man.  The fiscal year 1943 production records specifically mention that only SMR was making swords.  See Fiscal Year 1943.  The fiscal year 1944 production records are similar but to not indicate exactly who was making them.  See Fiscal Year 1944.  However, it is likely the arrangement was the same as fiscal year 1943.  Nan-Man took over the assembly of swords when shipments could no longer be made to Japan and then later in 1945 blade production was probably started.  This would be similar to what happened at Jinsen Army Arsenal in 1945.

 

His statement that 昭和19年10月～20年8月 [October 1944 to August 1945] was the listed dates is probably accurate.  But one needs to factor in acquiring the machinery, tooling it up, and training the workforce, all of which would take time.

 

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