WWII Japanese Katana Blade Tang Inscriptions

Andrew · 26th November 2008, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rich

Just FYI, both the earthlink and geocities Japanese sword sites are mine.
Just mirror sites due to high volume and low bandwidth allocations.

Rich S

http://www.geocities.com/alchemyst/nihonto.htm
http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/nihonto.htm

Aww. You're no fun, Rich.

Rich · 26th November 2008, 11:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrew

Aww. You're no fun, Rich.

Don't blame me, blame earthlink. They're the ones only allowing 1 G per month
access bandwidth.

Rich S

celtan · 26th November 2008, 11:40 PM

Hi, tried today removing the two shin-gunto tsukas to see the inscriptions on their nagakos. After removing the screw, the tsukas wouldn't budge.

Suggestions?

M

celtan · 29th November 2008, 12:11 AM

New acquisition 1. Brown painted alum tsuka

celtan · 29th November 2008, 12:15 AM

New acquisition 2. Green painted alum tsuka

Rich · 29th November 2008, 01:41 PM

Metal tsukas for NCO shingunto aren't signed. The blades, etc are all machine
made.

Rich

celtan · 29th November 2008, 03:48 PM

So there's no point in disassembling the tsuka, I guess. Thanks for the hint.

Were they even supossed to be removed?

BTW: I see lots of tsukas being sold over EBay (where I bought mine!) and online. Since they reportedly can't be reused, what's the point of doing so?

Best regards

Manuel Luis

26th November 2008, 11:40 PM	#3
celtan Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: PR, USA Posts: 679	Hi, tried today removing the two shin-gunto tsukas to see the inscriptions on their nagakos. After removing the screw, the tsukas wouldn't budge. Suggestions? M

29th November 2008, 12:11 AM	#4
celtan Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: PR, USA Posts: 679	New acquisition 1. Brown painted alum tsuka

29th November 2008, 12:15 AM	#5
celtan Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: PR, USA Posts: 679	New acquisition 2. Green painted alum tsuka

29th November 2008, 01:41 PM	#6
Rich Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: comfortably at home, USA Posts: 432	Metal tsukas for NCO shingunto aren't signed. The blades, etc are all machine made. Rich

29th November 2008, 03:48 PM	#7
celtan Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: PR, USA Posts: 679	So there's no point in disassembling the tsuka, I guess. Thanks for the hint. Were they even supossed to be removed? BTW: I see lots of tsukas being sold over EBay (where I bought mine!) and online. Since they reportedly can't be reused, what's the point of doing so? Best regards Manuel Luis