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  • Birthday 09/02/1965

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    France (Lorraine/Lothringen)
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    Gunto (gendaito & showato).

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    Didier

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  1. Yukihiro
    I know for sure that some Frenchmen were beheaded by the Japanese in Indochina during the war, but I can't tell whether this was Mr Gautier's case.
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    This, I am sure, will be a sorry sight for most of you on here, but it shows how neglected WW2 Japanese military swords can be in museums.
  4. Yukihiro
    A beautiful kai-gunto, that would surely deserve some closer shots. Thanks for sharing! Didier
  5. Yukihiro
    Yes, but the sad thing is that someone bought it (literally and figuratively!) for close to $900 or more!
  6. Yukihiro
    A beautiful blade with a great historical background - congratulations, John!
  7. Yukihiro
    The seller had stipulated a minimum bid of 850€ ($878!) for that sword, which made it somewhat more valuable in the eyes of the present highest bidder, who is willing to pay that kind of money (and maybe much more!) for such a piece of cheap Chinese crap
  8. Yukihiro
    This 'sword' is definitely sold as a traditionally made blade with a hada and a 'beautiful' hamon. The seller calls it a Japanese (sorry: Japannese!) Navy sword, not a Chinese copy, which is highly misleading and dishonest.
  9. Yukihiro
    Well, the fact is that there have been bids on that thing, and that it is now worth a staggering 810€!
  10. Yukihiro
    That is assuredly a good way of making your genuinely authentic gunto much more valuable!
  11. Yukihiro
    Here is something you won't see every day: enjoy! https://www.naturabu...2-item-12989895.html By the way, the seller can't even spell 'japonais' correctly...
  12. Yukihiro
    I don't understand why the seppa is pierced (and probably the tsuba, too) if there is no tsuka latch - isn't there a possibility this is a put together koshirae?
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    That's right.
  14. Yukihiro
    That is indeed a beautiful collection, but they're all gendaito, aren't they? My Masatsugu gunto/gendaito reached the polisher yesterday - he phoned me because he was surprised by the shape of the sword and immediately realised it was not a mere gunto, hence my assumption that there is some kind of typical gunto shape as opposed to more traditional blades.
  15. Yukihiro
    Thank you very much for all your input The reason why I asked in the first place was because Leon and Hiroko Kapp & Leo Monson mention 'a typical army or gunto shape' in their book (Modern Japanese Swords: The Beginning of the Gendaito Era), so my assumption was there must have been some kind of standard shape for gunto blades.
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