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Here is one on ebay https://www.ebay.ca/...b:g:qnEAAOSw~EllRMCx

I was praying no one else bid on them. God must exist😂. I plan on making a nice post with nice photos with my proper lighting set up when it arrives. I also own a child's toy saber which is discussed a bit in Dawsons? Maybe Plimptons, book. I plan to get nice side by sides with those. The quality difference is amazing. I hope to find more child's day swords of the quality of thhis one.

Is there a way to contact him and try and arrange a pvt buy?

There were a few bidders that took the lionshare of Imperial Japan era items. possibly some few dirks were deals, but other than that, not a lot. Personally I picked up the childrens swords lot and the red cross dirk. I am super excited about the childrens day / boys day swords, especially the about the Type 19 which looks almost as detailed as its full sized counterpart, even has a mon!

the lot passed without selling

All navy tassels were brown and plain, with the exception of a rare brown with brown zig zag stitching like a gunto general tassel. There are different browns based on the period / version of tassel, so there is a wide range of variation of brown throughout. Not to mention that different uniform companies would have used slightly different shades of brown. This is displayed not on on brown navy tassels but company grade and field grade ones as well. There are some really good threads on here diving into more detail regarding not only navy tassels but other ones as well. Hope that helps a little bit.

it is a bit hard to tell on that photo, but it looks like that tassel might have came from the bugle that the other gentleman is holding. Many swords I see with off tassels or unofficial ones look like bugle tassels. Another possibility is that since it is a kai gunto (based on the saya laying against him) it might just be a brown cord that is used to keep the saya on the sword if this model didn't have the locking mechanism. The bugle he has is missing the mouth piece as well. I guess it dooted its last doot.

The description is pretty accurate. Nothing saying it is ww2 vintage. It's 100% a modern mass produced blade .

This is the book I was thinking of Fading Victory: The Diary of Admiral Matome Ugaki, 1941-1945

Thanks for more detail and adding to this discussion! The grey area is one reason I enjoy history, especially axis history since on pop culture and main stream history sources it is usually portrayed as good guy vs bad guy and in the end the bad guy gets his. I think when to touch on his involvement with the radical Kodoha, it maybe a political move in order to gain favor and influence to try and stay in good fortunes with those above him. There are many instances of good men being apart of the Nazi party for similar reasons. I am sure he had written down his thoughts somewhere. I'm curious if they are published or have been lost to history. I know we get a glimpse of his character in his trail, where although he defended himself and his actions, he appears to have accepted the decision to sentence him to death. I'd just like to pick his brain without the added pressure of a death penalty hanging over him. I know there is a similar book from an admiral where his thoughts of Japans ability to fight is on full display, I have a the book, I just need to set aside a day or two and read it. It's a very interesting, but touchy topic. I'm happy to discuss more, and I think this forum is appropriate for it as we all recognise we arnt trying to deny that war crimes occurred.

I am honestly torn on my opinion of his execution for war crimes. I find his case really interesting since the United States had to make a law to ensure his guilt. From his Wikipedia, "The court eventually found Yamashita guilty and he was executed in 1946. The ruling against Yamashita – holding the commander responsible for subordinates' war crimes as long as the commander did not attempt to discover and stop them from occurring – came to be known as the Yamashita standard." I belive there is also a few YouTube biographies on him as well thst go into more detail about how he disciplined his troops thst were caught committing crimes or disobeying orders. I think I have to say that I'm not defending him or the actions, it's just an interesting case that isn't black and white.

Tassels were made at a variety of koshiere shops so a lot of variation in colour and pattern do exist, but fakes get a few key things wrong. I have not seen a fake that doesn't look "plasticy" or more synthetic. When you rub the fibers together it squeeks almost. Also the blue brown tassel is a "premium" where the brown shows at the ends of the blue and vise versa on the reverse side, I have yet to see a fake do that well where it isn't obvious due to other factors or the overlap is just wrong. Best of luck with your collection!

Any general tassels or railway tassels (brown and white) come out of the collection?

Here is another one on buyee. This one has a lion carved on the handle in two locations..... https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/h1090725814?conversionType=mypage_watch_list

I will have a few for sale in a week or two that I bought off of a Japanese auction. I will let you know when they arrive! The auction included 3 of them, I only need one so you can have your pick of the other 2!

You will find things come to pop up in waves. I have noticed sometimes there is a drought of certain items and all of a sudden there are plenty of them available. When I look for general tassels the same thing happens!

Chat gbt is heavily influenced by politics and political leanings of a certain ideology and it often gives misleading or wrong answers. I'm happy academia was able to snub its use quickly. I think it's biggest threat is to make wrong answers seem correct and misinform people who may use it as a quick answer instead of a Google search. I think when considering these unofficial tassels or cord wraps pictured above we should be comparing them to non gunto examples of the same time period in order to attempt to understand what is from the time period/ done by Japanese and what is not.

I purchased this without fully reading the the description, to my surprise it measures about 30cm high and 50cm long. It also is quite heavy coming in over 50lbs. I attempted to do some research on my own but I didn't come up with very much. I did have the Kanji translated on it here is the translation: 元弘前騎兵第八聯隊 Former (元) 8th Regiment (第八聯隊), Hirosaki Cavalry (弘前騎兵) Map 弘前市 (Hirosaki city, Aomori) 　https://goo.gl/maps/AXPvCpgXfME7TGnk6 陸軍主計准尉 Army (陸軍) chief accountant's (主計) adjutant (准尉) 細井信雄 [Hosoi Nobuo] Nobuo Hosoi (male name) 伝統工芸士 渡辺市郎 監修 Supervised (監修) by Ichiro Watanabe (渡辺市郎), traditional craftsman (伝統工芸士) 浩峰作 Made (作) by Hiromine (浩峰) http://www.umai.co.jp/bonsyou/ichiro.html I am unsure that it was made during the imperial era as the birth year of Ichiro Watanabe's son Hiromine is 1948.... Enjoy the work!

30 bids from 10 bidders. That is a lot more people duped than I would have thought

Ah you are right, this is the only picture I saw posted of that sword on the ebay listing. maybe we can @ St Croix Blades for more.

I can take more photos in a day or two if you'd like.

A possible 3rd railway official dress saber, unless this is the one from Dawson found on an ebay listing by St Croix Blades. I have the one from the Plimpton collection.

I purchased this from Plimpton, I will post some more pictures if you'd like. If you have followed my posts for a while you would know I am obsessed with small gunto. I saw the Plimpton youtube video and saw it hanging on the wall and even before I knew swords were going to come up for sale I was trying to find a way to purchase it. I think it was fait.

This was on buyee a few months ago. I can't remember the hammer price. I was definitely tempted seeing it though.