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Thanks everyone for yall's feedback. I will get the Mekugi out and the blade exposed so I can get pictures of the tang and further close up of the parts.

Hello all, I have a Gunto sword that seems quite old, and was told it was an souvenir post-WW2 army sword. From what I've read there are a bunch of varieties and I'm thinking this may be a Chinese knock-off so wanted to know what I have here exactly. I'm assuming I have a mixmaster of random parts, as a lot of them are very crude. I just found out that the mekugi was hidden under the menuki, so I have not disassembled it yet. Will do so soon when I have the time. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! Happy to provide more/closer pics. Thanks in advance. More pics here: https://imgur.com/a/LEQVIpX