They also have a copy of Den lille havfrue (the little mermaid), in Stanley Park as I recall. I took a helicopter trip round Grouse Mountain which...
Indeed, I was in Vancouver for a while, and absolutely loved it there. That was long before I ever thought about moving to Norway.
The image immediately makes me think French or Belgian for some reason. Almost certainly not military anyway. It coule be for sport or something...
Indeed it did, uptil 1814. Then Sweden took over............... Norway as an independant country dates from 17th May 1905. Norway goes slightly...
Kan du tale dansk? I love Denmark, and have done so since I was a little boy, and have always thought of it as 'home', even though I have never...
My grandparents, who were Danish and lived in Copenhagen, had Royal Copenhagen porcelain dinner service, and enough for twelve people, with all...
The pattern and style would certainly make one think Royal Copenhagen. They are , I think,far too restrained to be Chinese exportware. They...
Unfortunately no Komo, I did have some, but they were destroyed in a fire.:( This now the only picture of it that I have. This however a very...
Interesting that it even has the Canadian War Department ownership marks, the C and broad arrow mark. perhaps made for the son of a high ranking...
The sword survives over three hundred years of honourable use, and the Second World War, and then fall into the hands of an idiot who nearly...
Unfortunately, far tooooo many! A sword that was in my collection was surrendered by the officer commanding a POW camp in the far east. It was...
Thank you for the pictures. Unfortunately, the blade has been rubbed and much of the original finish lost already. However, the edge seems to have...
yeah, I'm with you on that one Komo. Wow, I'd be happy with just a couple of those now. Though often naval swords are of inferior quality. I...
I have heard back and my translation thankfully is correct. There are evidently three smiths from the era listed who signed Katsutoshi,...
These are measured from the tip of the point (Kissaki) to the shoulder of the blade where the copper sleeve (habaki) fits on (Mune machi). This...
Quite, the oldest sword that I had and mentioned above, ca.1350, had exactly the same saya (scabbard) as the one in the original post, and exactly...
Hopefully, I have translated the mei (signature) correctly, though it is years since I collected them and read signatures etc. There were several...
I did collect japanese swords for some years, and am totally fascinated by them and ancient Japanese culture. Particularly fascinating for we,...
There are some gorgeous lots amongst those! Unfortunately, I have neither the funds nor space at the moment to acquire more. It will be...
IF I am correct in my thinking that it is WWII era, then Chikuzen is a rather unusual province for the period. Seki, which is in Noshu province,...
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