Not bad for 15K

[James]

http://cgi.ebay.com/WORLD-WAR-1-JAPANES ... dZViewItem

[Ford Hallam]

I want whatever that vendor is drinking :D

[Brian]

Oh man!

 

I just have to post the pic for those who didn't go there and see this one. Some South East Asian fishing spear head maybe?

 

Brian

[Ford Hallam]

I think you're wrong there, Brian

 

...it looks Klingon to me :lol:

[Rickisan]

Perhaps its the corkscrew/opener for what ever hes drinking

Rick

[Grey Doffin]

You guys are missing the boat entirely on this one! You know the little ear wax spoon on the top of kogai? They were for the genteel Samurai in the city. The real, blood & guts Samurai in the country didn't have time for any such foppery; they used a serious ear wax cleaner.

I forget the Japanese word for these implements; maybe one of you can supply that. In any case, this is the real deal in Samurai ear conditioning, with the added time saving advantage of being able to clean both ears at the same time.

Grey

[Brian]

[Guest Nanshoku-Samurai]

xxx

[Brian Hancock]

This guy is off to a flying start on Ebay. 28 deals and already he's down to 93% feedback. Oh Dear!

 

Brian. (UK)

[Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini]

Quote :

Shipping and handling : US $140.94 to Italy UPS Worldwide Express PlusSM

Loss/Damage protection included up to $100

[IanB]

I think the 'high ranking officers' must have been overwhelmed to have been issued with one of these. No doubt it came with a handy booklet entitled '101 Fun Things To Do With Your Issued Wiget'. Ian

[Jacques D.]

Hi,

 

Should be nice for Milt to make a scroll hook

[Bungo]

Hi,

 

Should be nice for Milt to make a scroll hook

 

 

it'll work if I ever need to take down 10 paintings at the same time !!

 

milt

[Brian]

I have the answer!

 

It is a reverse horimono!

They cut away the rest of the sword in this case, and just left the horimono instead of the other way round.

Ok... 'nuff now. If only we discussed real swords this much.

 

Brian

[mercierarmory]

I asked the guy if the auction was a joke and mentioned that I thought it might be a fishing spear. This is the response

 

"What do you mean is this auction a joke? A fishing spear? You have no idea what you are talking about!!!!!! Why dont you do a little research, Or I should say in your case a lot of research!!!

Find someone else to be STUPPID to....."

 

 

 

Wow. That's all I can say.

[James]

I don't believe it - I've found another one, but this one here is at a real bargain price:

http://cgi.ebay.com/World-War-1-Japanes ... dZViewItem

[Brian]

Very bizarre. Not in any of my ethnographic edged weapons books.

Oh well..have emailed the seller the new link, maybe he wakes up. Probably not though.

I'm glad we at least know what a Japanese sword looks like

 

Brian

[Nobody]

At first I thought that it was a lance or something. But now I am thinking that it might be a part of decorated fences.

[Stephen]

i cant help but thinking how much time and thought has been put into this thread and so little to someone who has true Nihonto and wants to know more about it.

[Brian]

Bit of a laugh never hurt, and keeps us from the daily stresses. They aren't mutually exclusive either...not like we only get 2 posts per day and if we use them on this thread, we can't participate elsewhere

But of course this one, whilst fun, is flogged to death now I think.

 

Brian

[Stephen]

lol could not even hear the horse whimper.

[Guest reinhard]

There's no reason to make fun of this object. It is a medieval prototype of the Swiss army knife.

 

reinhard

[Brian]

Much as I hate to continue the light off-topic banter here and would like to move back to the genuine article, since Swiss army knives have come up, just had to show this one off that I saw on eBay yesterday. It's genuine, and limited edition, and goes for around $1000.

 

Brian