Dogditcher Posted April 18 Report Posted April 18 Here are my observations Leather wrapped Saya i assume not that common No noticeable showa stamp anywhere on Nakago It has an appealing Hamon to my eyes is it water or oil Quenched and how do you tell ? Short inscription on Nakago (Please translate) Thanks for your time and responses FYI I take the info and share it with my Father in law He is enjoying the process -He always said he acquired swords that appealed to him Steve 1 Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted April 19 Report Posted April 19 Looks to me like "清宮 (Kiyomiya)", but I'm not very good at these, yet. It's the weekend, but the guys will come along eventually. You can read up on the Type 97 Kaigunto here: Navy Officer Sword - Ohmura and here: Launch of the 1937 Navy Officer Gunto - Nick Komiya 1 Quote
Lareon Posted April 19 Report Posted April 19 The surrender tag says Maeda Kunitaro, most likely the surrendered swords owner And I think the second part looks like Kasai-gun Shimosato-mura Noda The location; https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasai_District,_Hokkaido I may not be 100% 1 Quote
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