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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very good portable reference for collectors at shows.
Very good, highly portable reference for the beginning collector to know what they'er looking at at gun & knife shows, auctions and flea markets. While not the most complete tome on the subject, it is worth the price paid just for the gangi tables of the arsenal ID stamping marks.
Published on November 20, 1998
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
This is a good reference guide for WWII era collectors.
If you're looking for a comprehensive reference guide to the samurai sword, keep looking. This book is solely for collectors of W.W.II era swords and older blades that were fitted for military service during that era, and even bearing in mind the way the authors narrowed their topic, the book is a bit thin considering the subject it attempts to cover. The tang...
Published on July 15, 1999
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
This is a good reference guide for WWII era collectors.,
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This review is from: Military Swords of Japan 1868-1945 (Paperback)
If you're looking for a comprehensive reference guide to the samurai sword, keep looking. This book is solely for collectors of W.W.II era swords and older blades that were fitted for military service during that era, and even bearing in mind the way the authors narrowed their topic, the book is a bit thin considering the subject it attempts to cover. The tang rubbings are rather random and of little use as a guide for collectors. I think the most valuable service the authors provide is to publish letters (and accompanying photographs) from Japanese soldiers to the men who they surrendered their swords to. This is sword history at its finest, and some of the emotions conveyed in the letters are heart-wrenching. And the picture of workers shoveling anonymous blades into the fires to be smelted? It's enough to give blade fanciers a coronary! What a tragic waste of a culture's military heritage.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very good portable reference for collectors at shows.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Military Swords of Japan 1868-1945 (Paperback)
Very good, highly portable reference for the beginning collector to know what they'er looking at at gun & knife shows, auctions and flea markets. While not the most complete tome on the subject, it is worth the price paid just for the gangi tables of the arsenal ID stamping marks.
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Military Swords of Japan 1868-1945 by Richard Fuller (Paperback - May 1993)
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