The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Japanese sword blade. The tang is unsigned and is described in 1984 by the Japanese polisher Kotoken Kajihara as: "Shape: Shinogi-Zukuri, Length: 64.8 cm, Curvature: 2.5 cm, Kissaki: Sho-Kissaki, Nakago: O-Suriage-Nakago, Jihada: Mokume-Hada, Hamon: Togari-Gunome-Midare, Boshi: Suguha, Komaru". A new double habaki in silver was made in 1984 to fit this blade. It is suggested that the blade was made by a swordsmith who belonged to Kanesada school and lived in Seki of Mino-(No)-Kuni province, during the last part of the Muromachi period, Sue-Koto period (15th Century). A new silver double habaki is fitted to this blade.
This sword was found at Tarakan by NX17921 Gunner D R Wells, 53rd AA Composite Regiment, AIF.
Japanese Sword Blade. The blade is unsigned and has a single fuller to each side to within 30 mm of the point. The polisher Kotoken Kajihara describes this blade in 1984 as "having a curvature of 1.2
Japanese sword blade. It is described by Kotoken Kajihara, the Japanese sword polisher in 1983, as: "Few swords made in the Kamakura era have Ubu-Nakago. This Tachi blade was, however, made at that ti
Japanese wakizashi blade. It is described by Kotoken Kajihara the Japanese polisher in 1984 as: "This sword blade has no fault. Both Jihada and Hamon are good. The inscribed signature on the tang was
Japanese Wakizashi Sword Blade with a single peg hole in the tang and a two character signature. The Japanese polisher Kotoken Kajihara described this blade in 1983 as: "Jihada and Hamon are good. Swo
Japanese Katana Sword Blade. "This Katana appears to be a form of Kogarasumaru which is the oldest style of Japanese sword. It seems to have been made by a high-ranking swordsmith belonging to the Gas
Japanese katana sword blade. The Japanese sword polisher, Kotoken Kajihara noted in 1986 that: 'This particular work of SHIGETAKA was done in the second generation. Jihada is Mokume-hada and beautiful
