Pinned Kabutogane on Type 94

[PNSSHOGUN]

Nearly pristine condition:

 

https://www.seiyudo.com/ga-010321.htm

 

[Bryce]

G'day John,

Heck of a sori on that thing!!

Cheers,

Bryce

[Bruce Pennington]

Here's a nice one John, with all the pins.  For sale HERE.

[PNSSHOGUN]

Pins on a Kai Gunto, the drag is also secured with pins. The mounts are of very good quality, the pins lead me to believe this could be an early production of the Type 97. Unfortunately the sword itself was an obvious Gimei.

 

 

[Volker62]

 screwed fittings on a high quality Kai Gunto

[PNSSHOGUN]

Here is a Kai Gunto with these pins, note the same doeskin Sarute. My example is not stamped with TEC, but there are enough similarities that I wonder if it was made by the same shop.

 

[Bruce Pennington]

Here's a sad one for you, John!  Mumei blade, sale by Centurion Auctions HERE.

 

[PNSSHOGUN]

An early mounted Zohei-To.

[Bruce Pennington]

John,

Found this one on this Gunboards Thread.  It's got a mumei older blade, Clased hands sarute, too.

[PNSSHOGUN]

A curious variation with a single pin on the side of the Kabutogane. This hasn't been present on other swords from this particular Koshirae shop.

 

 

[KungFooey]

1 hour ago, PNSSHOGUN said:

A curious variation with a single pin on the side of the Kabutogane. This hasn't been present on other swords from this particular Koshirae shop.

 

 

What happened to the blade?! 😳