Kai guntou tassel

[Raphael Pauli]

Hi all,

 

I just bought this kai guntou tassel but by mounting it on my sword, I remarked it's particularely short... What do you think of that? Have you ever seen something like this? Has anyone doubts on its authenticity?

 

Note that as I bought it, there was no knot at the end to bind the two "pompoms" together. This shorten of course the lenght.

 

Many thanks in advance for helping.

 

Raphaël Pauli

[MarcoUdin]

I'm assuming you meant to post a picture with it? Or is it just not loading up for me?

[Raphael Pauli]

I'm indeed desperately trying to post the picture but it just doesn't work... No idea why. I try again here

[MarcoUdin]

What is the measurement for the length of the tassel. If I'm not mistaken I recall Bruce posting something from the war relics forums saying the navy tassels were shorter than army tassels, as I looked into it a couple months ago. I don't have the post bookmarked but I'm sure someone could find it

[MarcoUdin]

Actually found it quicker than I thought. Sorry for spam posting :D

http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/25975-breaking-news-on-the-all-brown-army-gunto-tassel/#:~:text=Anyone%20have%20contact%20info%20for,gunto%20seem%20to%20confirm%20this.

 

Hopefully this helps

[Raphael Pauli]

I try again to post, let's see if it works...

[Raphael Pauli]

Many thanks Marc! I've been spaming this topic much more than you with my tries, so please don't apologize.

 

I'll post my picture in the other chat to see what is said.

 

Kind regards!

 

Raphaël Pauli

[Bruce Pennington]

Raphael,

 

I'm not a tassel expert, but from what I see, it looks legit. While Nick's uncovered regulation states length requirements, I've found that the numerous fitting manunfacturers varied in many areas of war products. Here's a picture I posted on page 6 of that thread:

[Raphael Pauli]

Hi Bruce,

 

Thank you for your answer. I can't find the thread you're talking about, do you have the link?

 

Also, on that page

 

http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/25975-breaking-news-on-the-all-brown-army-gunto-tassel/#:~:text=Anyone%20have%20contact%20info%20for,gunto%20seem%20to%20confirm%20this

 

you posted a part of an official regulation document. Do you have a copy of the hole document?

 

 

[Bruce Pennington]

I actually posted the same pics on the thread Marc posted above, but here it is:

 

http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/25975-breaking-news-on-the-all-brown-army-gunto-tassel/#:~:text=Anyone%20have%20contact%20info%20for,gunto%20seem%20to%20confirm%20this

 

The regulation was cited by Nick Komiya on Warrelics, here: http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/Japanese-militaria/what-were-regulations-army-civilian-employees-carry-swords-701783-6/

[Ontario_Archaeology]

It appears the best way to tell if it is a brown navy vs army is colour as the lengths are varying. Unless someone wanted to start making a chart documenting the lengths to see if there is a standard deviation for each.