Pictures Of "tanker"

Jareth · April 14, 2019

Tanker with standard length sword

Bruce Pennington · April 14, 2019

Great picture Jareth. I’m pretty sure that’s a Type 95, with a leather NCO tassel, though.

BANGBANGSAN · April 14, 2019

Agree with Bruce, that tank driver holding a Type 95 NCO sword.

Jareth · April 15, 2019

Great eyes but it still depicts a " long " sword & in my eyes dispels the short sword myth.

Shamsy · April 15, 2019

Okay, the picture of the 95 drew me in! Yep, agree that's what it appears to be, which considering the tassel makes sense.

The short sword myth was dispelled years ago, Jareth. But it is a good marketing ploy, so it's sure to stay with us for a long time yet!

I thought I'd post a couple of the wakizashi in my collection, as newer members may not have seen them and they're interesting (well I think so).

First, my lovely little wak in naval koshirae. It's JUST too long to classify as a tanto, but you can see that in comparison, it's really short. Old blade signed, little ware but still nice and solid. The koshirae is sized appropriately, with a very petite tsuka. The kabuto-gane appears to be regular size, as does the tsuba. Obviously the habaki is custom, and the sarute is silk.

The wakizashi in shirasaya is old but low quality. No awards for this, though you can see the hamon which is nice. Sadly you can also see the patches of rust on the blade which I suspect are finger prints. The shirasaya is covered in leather for wartime use, which other than the handle has survived really well. It's a nice little piece, which given my fondness of leather covered swords (don't read into), has managed to avoid the cull I did 10 years ago. It's also not likely to be worth much, so why get rid of something you like and appreciate if it won't even fetch a 95?

Enough rambling.