The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 lost, because it was cut off the under part of the tang. However, this sword is of representative style of the Yasutsugu in Echizen. It is considered to have been made during the middle part of the Tokugawa period. The shape is Shinogi-Zukuri, Length: 51.6 cm, Curvature: 1.2 cm, Kissaki: Chu-Kissaki, Nakago: O-Suriage-Nakago, Jihada: Mokume-Hada, Hamon: O-Midare, Boshi: Suguha, Sakihotsure". A new double habaki in silver was made in 1984 and fitted to this blade.
This sword and propaganda leaflets were found in a cloak room. No other history is known.
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, Nak
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 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
