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  1. Yukihiro
    A beautiful kai-gunto, that would surely deserve some closer shots. Thanks for sharing! Didier
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    Yes, but the sad thing is that someone bought it (literally and figuratively!) for close to $900 or more!
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    A beautiful blade with a great historical background - congratulations, John!
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    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
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    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.
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    Well, the fact is that there have been bids on that thing, and that it is now worth a staggering 810€!
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    That is assuredly a good way of making your genuinely authentic gunto much more valuable!
  8. 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...
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    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?
  10. Yukihiro
    That's right.
  11. 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.
  12. 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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    As I looked at two of my gunto side by side, I noticed that the one that is supposed to be a gendaito has a somewhat stouter and shorter blade with a deeper sori whereas the Seki-stamped gunto is not as thick and has a straighter blade - do you know whether there was a standard gunto shape as opposed to less conventional blades? The Masatsugu sword is on its way to the polisher's at the moment, so it will be months before I see it again. Hopefully the polish will live up to my expectations!
  14. Yukihiro
    Yes, Jean, this is what I had thought: try as I may, I couldn't get the kanji to match - they're a different hand altogether.
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    @Bruce Pennington There seems to be some confusion (at least from my point of view) as regards machine-made Showato - I take it that the majority of gunto smiths used machines during the sword-making process, but, the question I would like to ask is was there such a thing as a completely machine made Showato?
  17. Yukihiro
    As is often the case, the blade was sharpened in an awkward way, which resulted in the blurring of what few features would have still been visible.
  18. Yukihiro
    I finally got around to taking some photographs of the blade, but, if this gunto is indeed a gendaito, you will see just how disappointing they are. The only part of this blade which is worth looking at is the nakago.
  19. Yukihiro
    There is some kind of ghostly outline that might suggest a star.
  20. Yukihiro
    Maybe there is a hint of a star, but I wouldn't bet on it. This is what it should look like:
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    Is this what you mean? This is the only possibility I can see, but I don't think this is a Star stamp.
  22. Yukihiro
    @Bruce Pennington There are some striking resemblances between the koshirae of the Masatsugu blade you posted and mine, and I see that the rectangular latch hole on your pierced tsuba was slightly rounded off, too. Maybe the sarute on yours was the original plain one, which would account for mine being replaced with whatever was possible to obtain.
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    I will have a much closer look, then, but wasn't the Star stamp supposed to be later than February 1942?
  24. Yukihiro
    I would be interested to get a peek at your Feb 1942 Masatsugu, to see how it compares to mine, from the point of view of its koshirae, as well.
  25. Yukihiro
    Thank you very much indeed, Malcolm! This is exactly the kind of information I was looking for So I take it that polishing the blade anew is definitely worth a try?
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