Please ID this

[Joefriday22]

Hello, I am unfortunately very uneducated when it comes to this sort of item. Although I have several Japanese swords, bayonets, pistols, etc I am not well versed in the field.

 

This item came to me from the son of a WW2 Navy SEABEE. Along with this item came numerous other Japanese bring-backs so I assume that this too is Japanese.

 

There are no markings that I can find.

 

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thank you very much,

Rob

 

 

[Geraint]

Hi Rob.

 

Well, it was a wakizashi or short sword. The saya and blade probably belonged together, it goes downhill from there I'm afraid. The hilt is a later add on though it looks Japanese. Pure speculation now but perhaps a damaged sword fudged together as a souvenir for a service man. It looks as thought eh copper habaki has been soldered to the blade, and if this is the case then it has likely damaged the blade in collectors terms. I would think this is best preserved as an object of family history in memory of the man who brought it back.

 

All the best.

[Brian]

Looks like a real blade that was remounted or adapted by a tribesman or native somewhere as a tourist item. Far gone I'm afraid.

 

Brian

[Joefriday22]

Thank you very much for the information Sir. I figured that there was little collector value in this piece but plan to keep all of the items together anyway.

 

Here are a few of the other items that came with this piece.

 

Best,

Rob