The other main source of blades for the Navy was the Toyokawa Naval Arsenal Many of these blades are unsigned except for an anchor stamp (different from the Tenshozan stamp) either alone or in a circle or sakura blossom (see common tang stamps above) Stainless steel blades are all considered machine madeThis Pin was discovered by Robert Cooper Discover (and save!) your own Pins on25/7/10 With the popularity of Gendai in mind, I would like to propose a permanent thread regarding Arsenal stamps Their meaning and whether or not, swords with certain stamps would pass shinsa eg Star stamps will pass shinsa This would be a wonderful reference tool for the Seasoned as well as Newbi
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