lonely panet Posted July 18, 2015 Report Posted July 18, 2015 Hi Guys, well its been abit slow in the military section, so I have posted pics of the new display cabinet. iv down sized to just the basic's due to a small home, so I hope that all the military sword lovers enjoy sold + koto sue bizen kiyomitsu tanto ww2 gendai tanto shinshinto yorodoshi tanto kanbun hizen wakizashi kanbun bizen katana early mino katate uchi early yamoto katate uchi 2x type 32's in mint condition 3x type 19 Kyu guntos dress swords a minty type 98 shingunto in wartime box and about 15 good quality tsuba and a handful of F/K and menuki I will post a list of all the imperial swords I kept as this is my main focus now, not shown is a minty emura, and yasukuni-to regards H 1 Quote
Rich S Posted July 18, 2015 Report Posted July 18, 2015 Nice, but the minty Emura should get a place of honor :-) Rich (lover of Emura and Nagamitsu) Quote
reeder Posted July 18, 2015 Report Posted July 18, 2015 Nice, Hamfish. Rich, you're not the only emura/Nagamitsu lover. . Quote
SwordGuyJoe Posted July 18, 2015 Report Posted July 18, 2015 Nice setup. I had a really nice Emura and Nagamitsu pass through my collection at one point. They were pretty! Quote
Kai-Gunto Posted July 19, 2015 Report Posted July 19, 2015 Very Nice display. One thing I dont like.......when tsuka rest on the kake! Quote
lonely panet Posted July 19, 2015 Author Report Posted July 19, 2015 Thanks for the comments guys, but why don't you like the tsuka on the kake? does it damage it ??? it dosent fit the saya correctly as I made the kake for other swords. please let me know if I should change it to prevent possible damage. regards Hamish Quote
Adam M Posted July 19, 2015 Report Posted July 19, 2015 An excellent display, worthy of any museum. I would love to have a display like this one day. Quote
lonely panet Posted July 19, 2015 Author Report Posted July 19, 2015 Hi guys, heres the list of swords I kept from top to bott Civialan mounted meiji katana (mumei ) captured in burneo, with all the documents of original owner grew gunto -koto mounted wakizaashi (mumei) Kyu gunto with huge meiji katana (mumei) field grade type 19 dress sword with german blade unknown type 19 imperial house or guard company grade sword with 10 petal plum blossums 1883 naval flag sword for admirals (published) cavalry type 19 field grade dress sword with Japanese copy of a German cav blade with ODA family mon published naval dress sword published naval guards sword and a rare large handled type 19 dress sword, prob made for china so you can wear your gloves and hold your swords. so a good general cover of the imperial sword spectrum regards H Quote
Shamsy Posted July 20, 2015 Report Posted July 20, 2015 I'd be interested in seeing the tsuka of the crew gunto next to a standard type 98 or the like. Really nice display. The flags are fantastic! I've been warned about exposing them to fluorescent or natural light. Supposed to destroy the material and colours (just what I was told, no idea if that's the case). Quote
lonely panet Posted July 20, 2015 Author Report Posted July 20, 2015 Hi steve, I would say that's true, luckly theres no inside lights, the top is glass too so only the ceiling light to help brighten the display, and its working really well. the tsuka on the crew gunto is very interesting, I will post some pics Quote
Shamsy Posted July 21, 2015 Report Posted July 21, 2015 On 7/20/2015 at 9:50 PM, Hamfish said: Hi steve, I would say that's true, luckly theres no inside lights, the top is glass too so only the ceiling light to help brighten the display, and its working really well. the tsuka on the crew gunto is very interesting, I will post some pics That's good to hear about the lights. I'm sure being in the case will help to. thank you for taking the time to post additional pictures. I've not seen many crew gunto, so always interested to see examples. I believe that they were usually special order, as the unique fittings typically demonstrate. Was this one sourced in Australia or from elsewhere? Quote
lonely panet Posted July 21, 2015 Author Report Posted July 21, 2015 Hi steve, I got this one from the USA, from a bloke named Mike yamaguchi I think, and assocated with the JSSUS in some way?? it also has the original tsuka cover, which has the sakura image stamped into the leather on the inside Quote
Shamsy Posted July 22, 2015 Report Posted July 22, 2015 Well that's the icing on the cake! The original foul weather cover to boot. Particularly good to as that also dispels the possibility that the sword is a cut down regular gunto. Having spoken to Jim Dawson about this, his advice was to check tsuka width as the best method of determining that it is an original crew/pilot example. You've got a terrific example there. Hold onto it, they're so rare you may never find another. Quote
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