Double Score - Nco Tassels W/buckle! (And 1 From China!)

[Bruce Pennington]

Scored 2 NCO leather tassels from eBay! All I need is one more, without tassel to deck-out my Type 95 collection.

 

One is clearly shorter than normal, at 11 inches. Someone speculated that it looked like it might have been broken and re-stitched. I concur. The stitching looks legit and it only has 1 buckle-hole vs the 3 on the one of standard length.

 

Pics below. They are both old and fragile, though the long one is darker and appears to have been coated with a leather oil. It is still fragile and shows cracks when you bend it.

 

 

The one from China worried me. I could have sworn it was coming from Japan, but when the package arrived, it was from China! After close examination, it is clearly legit. So just backs up someone's statement that there are true collecters in China too

[PNSSHOGUN]

You may be the 0.0001% lucky guy who got something original from China!

[paul griff]

Hello Bruce,

Nice finds...Nothing like a knot or tassel to finish the sword display ...Havn't been brave enough to bid for original gunto items from China myself ....well done !

Regards,

Paul

[Stephen]

cant tell for sure pix dont enlarge 

[Bruce Pennington]

The seller was "maggiebaifucheng" incase someone ever considers buying. Package shipped from Beijing. Of course, Buyer Beware, as always, not all items a seller sells are equally legit.

[Bruce Pennington]

Here's how they look:

[lonely panet]

well done bruce, that's a nice colletion of type 95s, and I'm more then happy you found a genuine bargin out of fleaby china.

 

keen eyes