Lareon Posted March 20 Report Posted March 20 Hi all, Was wondering if anyone could give me a hand with the mei on two blades I recently picked up. I'm currently travelling and don't have any of my books with me. Thanks in advance! Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted March 20 Report Posted March 20 Tony, Is that Takeyasu in souvenir fittings? If so, would you post full photos, please? Quote
Lareon Posted March 20 Author Report Posted March 20 Hi Bruce, It's not in Souvenir fittings no. It's in a traditional navy koshirae. No stamp on the nakago either. Once I have it in hand I'll post pictures. I don't have a souvenir mount unfortunately. Will get one one day as it's a missing piece of my collection. This gives me a stainless steel though which I didn't have either before. On the subject of the other sword I was curious as to why the nakago had two names on it instead of a name and date. Potentially the lord or patron it was made for but I see no genuflection before the name. Quote
mecox Posted March 21 Report Posted March 21 @Lareon Tony as you noted the Takeyasu sword is stainless steel and made for the Navy at Tenshozan Tanrenjo (factory). Often they had a stamp of anchor in circle. There were three "Take" smiths: Takeyasu, Takeyoshi and Takeyuki. See paper in NMB Downloads which gives the background and context (also table in page 120): 3 1 Quote
Lareon Posted March 21 Author Report Posted March 21 Cheers for this mecox, i have most of the documentation from nmb, didnt have this one though, naval swords are something i've only recently decided to round my collection on, i've always stuck with army swords. so this will be useful. I also have bruces documents on fitings from a while back Cheers Guys! 2 Quote
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