aabderson Posted August 27 Report Share Posted August 27 Can anyone make this out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nulldevice Posted August 27 Report Share Posted August 27 Looks like Takehisa to me 武久 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mywei Posted August 27 Report Share Posted August 27 Yes I agree Showa 18, Autumn 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blacksmith Posted August 27 Report Share Posted August 27 I would like to see pictures of the whole sword please. I could be wrong of course, and hopefully am, but to my eyes this seems more like a Chinese copy than a genuine Japanese blade.The shape and finish of the nakago, the very badly written and lightly inscribed kanji, the megugi ana etc. Several things do not seem right to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted August 27 Report Share Posted August 27 You might also find some small "W" stamps at the end or top, sometimes both, of the nakago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aabderson Posted August 27 Author Report Share Posted August 27 Do these pics help? Do you think it’s authentic? @Bruce Pennington @The Blacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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aabderson Posted August 27 Author Report Share Posted August 27 @Bruce Pennington he sent me more pics of the nakago. It does have a W stamp. But not sure if that is what it should look like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted August 28 Report Share Posted August 28 Yes! Excellent! They do not fake the W stamp. The blade is legitimate, I see nothing wrong with the fittings as legitimate World War II fittings. There is a mystery with the fuchi and tsuba. Both are World War III items, but they seem mismatched. Whether that was done during the war or after no one can know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle68 Posted August 28 Report Share Posted August 28 @Bruce Pennington so from my reading about the W stamp, it appears primarily on Takehisa, Yoshiharu and the Mantetsu blades. Is that correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 22 hours ago, Kyle68 said: it appears primarily on Takehisa, Yoshiharu and the Mantetsu blades. Is that correct? Yes, primarily. I have single examples of the stamp on Haruhisa, Tenshin, and Kanenori blades, but 13-14 examples on Takehisa and Yoshiharu blades and 26 examples on Mantetsu. I do have a few examples on Type 19s and Type 95s as well. The dated blades from the smiths are all 1943 - 1945. The Matetsu range from 1942 - 1944. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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