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    Interesting, hard to tell really. But it wouldn't be too far of a stretch to assume maybe some family members used the tassels as a status symbol while their fathers or husbands were fighting the war. Maybe those whos family members died fighting were able to wear them with their regular dress. It is an interesting route to go down.
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    From many other threads here I think "we" as a forum have concluded that the waks were not necessarily used for submarines, tanks and aircraft but either bought by the government late in the war to make up for lack of sword production or a family heirlooms that special mounts to fit them were for. Here is a link to a thread referring to them as pilot swords
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    I just wish the original pictures of the sale and the pictures of what appears to be mis represented were posted
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    Everything looks great! Now I'm wondering if there is a "dark" mode for mobile 👀 Matt
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    What a find!
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    I'd side on real. When the brown and blue stripe is reversed on the edges, I have seen it called a "premium" version of the tassel and I have not seen that on any repos. A similar pattern can see on picture 5 on the first post
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    Hello again, I have another tassel that I would like a second opinion on. After comparing it to known repos I think it looks alright Thanks!
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    Very cool I look forward to hearing more about it!
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    I saw this gunto document on buyee and was not sure if we already have it translated / know of it. Thought it better to post here just incase. https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/488417065/detail
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    I found that the colours of fakes can be hard to actually determine unless it is put side by side with a real one. Different lighting really affects how the colour comes out.
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    Sooner or later it is going to be important to track the swords owners back as far as possible to try and predate when these good fakes start coming onto market....hopefully they miss a major detail on the final product that screams fake.
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    He has a lot of great content on his channel and plenty of pictures and videos of swords "in the field" in his videos. Can't help but feel bad for the white Russians, seemed doomed where ever they went.
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    It appears the best way to tell if it is a brown navy vs army is colour as the lengths are varying. Unless someone wanted to start making a chart documenting the lengths to see if there is a standard deviation for each.
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    This is a cool short one. 40cm I think https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/b477753250
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    40" total https://www.ebay.com/itm/203026129781
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    Yup, and I've learned a thing or two haha. Thanks for all your help
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    Side by side shots. The first one I posted is on the left, most recent one that came out of the box on the right. I'm pretty sure the left one is a repo
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    What exactly do you mean by early? Did they change a bit over time?
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    My collection has grown, a few months ago I decided to find a second general which will allow me to compare the first one too. Side by side shots will come eventually..... The tassel also came with this..... Anyone have any ideas? I think that is a family Mon, but don't know the purpose. Thanks!
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    Something I wish I had jumped on a little bit more aggressively. I can't remember the final hammer price for this one buy it is beautiful.
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    I have purchased two items from him. I didn't have any problems and I'm happy with what I got. There are some items that have had problems, and I have also noticed that he will change descriptions on returned items to make them appear different. Best thing out there is education and knowing what to look for when buying from anyone on ebay.
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    I wonder if the mum was ground down for the same reason alot of rifles have their mum scratched out.
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    I will keep an eye out when going through photographs for sale and post them here, unless a sperate thread would be better haha.
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    Found another cool one on buyee. https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/e437981193 As for the airforce, I belive both navy and army had their own. It is interesting though that there would be an army pilot on a navy Air craft carrier as from what I have read the two branches did not work together.
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    Added the sword Matthew had to my collection. I'm very happy with it. Maybe in a year something even shorter will pop up.
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