Emerykim

I purchased as a collectible and would not train with it. I am not too concerned about the sharpness. Yes my concern is making it worse trying to remove the tsuka and stripping the screw or making the blade worse. Thank you for all of your feedback to move forward and making a decision. I will repost when I can find another reasonable purchase.

Thank you for the feedback. My gut feeling is to return it and keep looking, unfortunately.

I triained iaito and constantly looking for a reasonable Gunto. I finally purchased an NCO 95 Gunto. The serial match but noticed, on arrival, the blade is bent at a the level of a the Tsuba. There are scratches on the blade that are transverse vs longitudinal. The peg (mekugi) is frozen in attempt to unscrew. My question is should I return it and keep looking for a better quality Gunto? Or keep it for the value of the piece that is intact despite the bend? The other question is are there any thoughts about removing the screw to assess the tang? I am afraid I might strip it, damage the screw or sheer the head off. Thank you. Emery