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  1. Polaria
    Unless you are dead set that the seller has to be within EU, I suggest you take a look at what is available in UK market. There are quite a lot of guntos on sale there due to UK history as colonial power and fighting against Japanese in east Asia during WW2.
  2. Polaria
    It has shin gunto (army sword) style fittings. Tsuba and seppa (the stuff left in the box) seem to be all there. I cannot see the details on those but pommel and saya cap look like genuine items. Have you taken the handle of a looked if there are any markings in the blade tang? Also, I would much appreciate if you can take better pictures of the tsuba, seppa and the handle.
  3. Polaria
    My notes: Tsuba doesn't have the clear definition as in genuine Japanese shin-gunto parts. The flowers in all the parts look different than shin gunto cherry blossoms. Holes for the locking mechanism in tsuba and seppa are badly defined and made in different way that I've seen in any shin-gunto. Pommel doesn't look right in any shape or form. Knot loop and tassel are clearly recent production.
  4. Polaria
    Everything else looks like standard shin-gunto parts except for three things: 1) Stamp on the blade looks like anchor of kai gunto blade 2) There is no hole or holder for tassel which is very strange 3) Numbered seppa? Someone else might know if they are okay.
  5. Polaria
    The fittings are made shin gunto -style. Kai gunto saya has different hanger. Also the kashira doesn’t look right. There should be a metal loop (in shin gunto) or a metal studded hole (in kai gunto) for tassel. The seppa looks clearly out of place, but might be just a replacement part as the locking mechanism of the saya is missing anyway.
  6. Polaria
    Koshiare parts check out for kai gunto. Cannot say much for the blade.
  7. Polaria
    It doesn't look right at all. Basically nothing in the koshirae looks like it should.
  8. Polaria
    I had a little more time today, so I finally knocked the first sword fully apart. Here are pictures of tsuba, other parts and the stamp. There are no other stamps anywhere in the tang.
  9. Polaria
    The second one came as shown, with a tassel that looks a bit too new to be original. The blade is unsigned but has clear hamon and a couple of little pieces of slag in it. The handle came off easily enough but unfortunately the hawaii has been glued to place and I did not want to do anything to it right now.
  10. Polaria
    I recently bought to Type 98s, both from reputable antique shops. The first one is signed, but looks like it was made from billet steel. It came with papers to it, what might be original tassel and a second tsuba. However, it lacks the original locking mechanism and when I disassembled it, one of the bottom seppa was stuck so hard I could not get the tsuba removed.
  11. Polaria
    The grip was clearly fake, that I could see but my eyes are not good enough to see the metal components from this picture. Please teach me if there are any indicators that can be seen from photos. On second viewing I think the fake ”kanji” might have been made with acid which is a clear red flag.
  12. Polaria
    This is not my sword and the pictures were forwarded to me by a friend, so unless he brings it to me to check out I have very little additional information on the piece. I'd like to say something to him but my expertise isn't enough to pick things from these photos alone. Does anything look immeadeatly "off" in your eyes? To me the paintings on the blade look both a little suspect and interesting at the same time. Anyone seen smilier before?
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