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cool! I need to learn more about the Type 95 serialization process haha.

Haha no worries! Your feedback lead me to find the rules forum where I put my name and last initial in... so we've got it figured out now!

thank you stephen! and what do you mean by ‘sigh’ my post. I tried to find a reference to what you are talking about but Im still not sure.

thanks for all this info Bruce! Really gives me a bit more insight.

Thanks for pointing me here Bruce! And yep I’ve spend a bit of time already on the Ohmura website reading. And Ill have to get one of those books - they both look like excellent resources. Ive got a quick question already too haha. I noticed this sub-forum says its for ‘military swords made with non-traditional methods’ but I thought the Type 98 Shin Gunto’s and others were often made via traditional methods. Were they a sort of cross over, using swordsmith made blades but in a specific military determined pattern? Or am I ignorant around the meaning of ‘traditionally made’? thanks!

Hey there guys, I'm new to the forum and Gunto collecting so I thought I'd show off my first piece. I just picked her up the other day, a Type-95 NCO. She definitely has a bit of a 'war horse' kinda feel to her. She is of one of the earlier variations (though not the earliest) with the painted aluminum Tsuka, brass Tsuba, and iron Saya with horseshoe chape. The paint is pretty well worn from the the Tsuka and the Saya but there is definitely still some there on both. I find these Gunto's pretty fascinating and I've been doing quite a bit of research on my own but I'm really glad another member pointed me towards this forum. Looking forward to learning lots!