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Mark, I'm new at this and I'm not sure what a koshirae is :? I am definatelly enthralled with this sword. Just thinking about its history blows my mind!

Sorry it took so long, work got busy :D Thanks Rob E.

Hello to everyone! I was given a recommendation to join this board because I was given a Kyu-gunto, and I know very little about swords :D . I was told that NMB is the place to go if I needed questions answered, and so far you all have come through wonderfully, so thanks. Now on to me, my name is Rob and I am a husband to a wonderful wife of 15 years. I am also a father of five great kids, 13, 8, 6, 5, and 3 years old. I am an electrician by trade and have been for 25 years. I work in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. Interesting side note on being an electrician; in 1992 a man with my exact name and trade was killed on the job. So I got to read my own obituary, very weird. I have had a fascination with edged weapons my whole life, so the gift of this sword has really tickled my fancy. I have especially been fond of the Katana, probably because of the whole Samurai thing . Seriously though I am intrigued by the craftsmanship that goes into the making of Katanas and the history that a blade can have. And after reading around on this site and others who knows what the Kyu-gunto I have could tell us if it could talk. So thank you for your time, Rob E.

Try as I might i can't get a good close up of the blade. But I'll show what I do have. Thanks all...

The Ha is 25-1/4 inch measured from the Habaki to the Kissaki with a yard stick. It was my thought that this blade may have been cut down as well.

My name is Rob and I'm new to this board, so hello one and all :D . I'm going to post this here, if it is in the wrong place please feel free to move it. I recently acquired a sword and I'm trying to determine what it is that I have. I have been told that a father of a friend brought this sword home from the Japanese theater at the end of WWII. My friend does not know anything else about it. So that is my starting point in my quest to discover who this blade is. I have gone to a web site http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/nihonto.htm and determined it looks closest to a Army Kyu-gunto, but there are small differences. I'll post the pictures I have taken and if anyone can help me I'd appreciate it. Also I have not been able to get the Habaki off and did not want to force it. I also have looked the handle and blade over and could not find any numbers stamped into it that would show it was a production blade. Thanks, Rob E.