New Updated Display

[lonely panet]

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

 

 

[Stephen]

well done,     

[Rich S]

Nice, but the minty Emura should get a place of honor :-)

 

Rich (lover of Emura and Nagamitsu)

[reeder]

Nice, Hamfish.

 

Rich, you're not the only emura/Nagamitsu lover. .

[SwordGuyJoe]

Nice setup. I had a really nice Emura and Nagamitsu pass through my collection at one point. They were pretty!

[Kai-Gunto]

Very Nice display.

 

One thing I dont like.......when tsuka rest on the kake!

[lonely panet]

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

[Adam M]

An excellent display, worthy of any museum. I would love to have a display like this one day.     

[lonely panet]

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

[Shamsy]

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).

[lonely panet]

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

 

 

[Shamsy]

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?

[lonely panet]

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

[Shamsy]

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.