montrealfan1986

This is a koto blade with some bends from blocking, 500 year old battle scars.

If a sword blade is from pre 1870, say made in the 1600s and remounted with mounts from the 1940s for WWII, is it still considered Shin Gunto?

Great insight, thank you

In general, if y'all were at a show or flea market or even looking online, what are the top 5 things you would look at in a type 95 to verify authenticity. I'd like to make an informational video that explains what to look for. You all gave good advice for the replica I posted and I can compare it with my real one. Matthew

@DTM72 Thats great, I bid on his swords all the time.

Heres a little video I made with that type I last year. I like the 7.7 type 99 also, mine is almost completed, just missing the cleaning rod (current one is a replica). Think about making some Nihonto videos some day too.

Thank you all so much for the replies. I am learning so much from you all. I've been looking at Sohei swords on eBay, they are listed on this forum and seem to be very nice. I like reading all about them on the other sites mentioned here as well I've used eBay for more than 20 years, used to sell US coins on there all the time and did well, but sellers.and buyers have changed over the years, so thank you for leading me in the right direction. I always allowed returns and would get.items swapped out or stolen,.so like Grey said it's snake pit. Thank you Matthew

I am looking to add a Wakizashi to my collection and came across this one on ebay. The designs and things pretty interesting, looks like a farmer on the kashira, thats what I do down here in South Carolina. This seller has great feedback and says it comes with the export paper, but there is no picture of that. Do you think this is a legit Wakizashi, the Same looks almost like plastic. Thank you for any advice, Matthew https://www.ebay.com/itm/186241962202

Not a bad looking type 38, 6.5. I have a type I carcano which is chambered in 6.5 Japanese. An impressive rifle made in Italy for the Japanese Navy and sent to Japan on submarines in 1938. Still can mark a decent grouping at 200 meters. We even bought the dies to reload the rounds since they re so hard to find.

No worries, we will open up the hilt some time soon. It felt as if one of the bamboo pins was inserted backwards by someone in the past, so we stopped. It was extremely tight and I didn't want to crack anything, since it belongs to my sister in law. Still learning and Dan said he could give us a tutorial in the future. To the best of my knowledge it hasn't been opened since 1945, so anything could be under there. My brother and I are just as intrigued as you and I'll send some pics of we do. Best, Matthew

I didn't realize that it was that old. Impressive skill in making these

Yes, this is the Nihonto message board, the canteen went along with my story about being in Charleston. I will be more careful with my posts in the future. Please accept my sincerest apologies if I broke a posting rule, I'm a newer member. Respectfully, Matthew

Awesome piece, thanks for sharing!

Sounds good. Next time I'm down there I'll see if I can get permission to take it apart with some guidance. There is a show here in Myrtle in February and the Mega show in Columbia in March.

I learned that this canteen was made by Nippon Aluminum with 2601, isn't that 1941 in our calendar?