Anyone heard of this Ore Company?

[Bruce Pennington]

Piggy-backing on a request for info in NMB - anyone have any history or background on this company: 謹　大華鑛業株式会社作之



Daika Mining Co. (It might have a different name in English...I can't find an exact translation)



滿洲国建国十周年記念

It's inscription was found on a nakago here: Signature Help - Wehrmacht-Awards.com Militaria Forums

[ghp95134]

https://rnavi.ndl.go.jp/kensei/tmp/i...ahyoutarou.pdf
Someplace in this 96-page document it mentions

【大華鉱関係資料】
[Daika Mining Related materials]

- Guy

[Nick Komiya]

They were a company based in 新京, the capital of Manchuria and even ran a private train service to Dalian. Late in the war there was also a plan for them to open a plant in Akita Prefecture, Japan. President of the company was a Japanese by the name of Ueshima, who after graduating from school in Tokyo, studied in Germany after which he settled in Manchuria.

[Bruce Pennington]

Guy & Nick - thank you! Any knowledge of them making swords?

[ghp95134]

Guy & Nick - thank you! Any knowledge of them making swords?

No evidence yet. BUT there is precedence: Mitsubishi’s Japan Steel Works in Muroran, Hokkaido, built a forge in the 30s (or so) that is still producing swords by the Horii lineage.

— Guy

[Bruce Pennington]

Thanks Guy! On the other side of the coin, Chris Bowen suggested it was a one-time special order for the Commemoration. Still digging but we may never know. At any rate the guy has a one-of-a-kind sword!