Navy
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Yes, a good one, with a poorly struck s/n or (maybe) a buffed blade. Serial # range and placement are consistent with Nagoya swords, take also a pic of the fuchi, there are some markings under the paint.
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Hi Tristan, you have a nice, original WW2 sword. About if she's nihonto or not, and I surely can be wrong, to me the hamon seems to indicate oil quenched.
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Hi all; I'm looking for sarute and sarute barrel for 98 gunto. Better if within EU. Thanks.
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Could also be silver.
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"Showato" means a sword made during the Showa empire, thus including WW2 era, but among collectors it labels a non traditionally made blade, while "gendaito" a traditionally made one (use of tamahagane, hand forged and water quenched). And it makes a substantial difference.
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To me too is a legit Japanese sword. But without better pics is hard to say if traditional made or not, or evaluate the period in which has been produced.
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I'm sorry, but this sword has all the features of a Chinese repro.
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Shin Gunto of Major General OKADA Umekichi
Navy replied to Michael T's topic in Military Swords of Japan
Oddly he doesn't hand the sword in the formal, respectful way... -
Bruce, do you think the blades were leftovers of WW2 production or, rather, newly made for the souvenir market?
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Aren't the menuki of the Army style?
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Personally, I would make my choose evaluating the overall condition of the sword: better a good, healty showato with quality koshirae than a (maybe) gendaito out of polish and with battered fittings... Unless you find a very appreciated swordsmith, worthing the expensive polish of the blade, but it appears not to be the case. If you can provide some pics of the "candidates", it will be easy to judicate.
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Having one, check carefully the Yoshimitsu. Mine was issued with a torokusho but, while being a nice blade, once had a Seki stamp that has been erased, probably in order to pass the Japanese laws on non-traditional made swords.
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Ah, perfect 👍 This one is just few hundreds numbers apart. Thanks to you all for sharing your knowledge, and of course thanks also on behalf of the owner.
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Thanks Trystan; I realized I omitted the markings
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Hi all; an old gentleman asked me if the type 95 he owns is legit or not. To me, everything seems ok (Suya/Tokyo I guess), but she falls in a serial range where some swords have already the iron tsuba. Also, I'm not totally confident with the digit "1" on the S/N, which seems a bit off. Before calling her 100% legit, what do you think? TIA,
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Type 98 Gunto with just a name- Legit or repro?
Navy replied to Casual_Collector's topic in Military Swords of Japan
As Conway stated, legit Japanese blade in WW2 army mount. The fittings looks of better quality than the average, so she could be an interesting blade. Try to take some pics of the whole blade, with close up of nakago (tang) without habaki, hamon (cutting edge) and kissaki (the tip area). Just a tip: when handling the sword, avoid to touch the blade with bare hands, as you can see it can hurt the steel.
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Thanks John! Very interesting infos and pics 👍 I just found a short summary of 873 rd campaigns
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Thanks to you all. As a small "bonus", hidden between the wood and the metal of the scabbard, there was this small note:
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You're very welcome 👍
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I'm sorry, I forgot to post the full mei:
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Nakago Na stamps:
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Dear fellows collectors, I'd like to share with you the sword I've just brought home. She's a Kaneshige blade made in feb 1944 (and thanks to the members here that translated properly the nakago in my previous post). I apologize for the low quality pics, but I have to say that these objects are pretty hard to photograph.
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Thanks again, really appreciated. I think I'll go with the center one.
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Thanks PNSSHOGUN; are the 2 naval genuine items?
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Hello to you all; looking for a navy tassel, I've been offered with these 3. Could you please suggest me the best one to go with? To my untrained eyes, one seems shorter than usual, and one too light in color. Thanks in advance,
