Iron civilian gunto tsuba

[John C]

I see chrysanthemum, bamboo leaf, and plum flower. What is the one on the bottom right?

John C.

[SteveM]

Looks like a peony.

[Bruce Pennington]

Another of the "grape leaf or Budo" style on this rig posted by LiLDJT on THIS GUNBOARDS THREAD.  Haven't gotten the mei translated yet.  Yoshi-something.

[Itomagoi]

I have often seen this “Kiku-Sui” motif on Fuchi and Kashira and I think they are also civilian WW2 fittings. Have any of you ever seen the matching tsuba? 

 

https://buyee.jp/ite...VDNBYXN4ZXBzWUE2OD0=

 

btw I haven't seen this kind of seppa with the leather lock and I think it's pretty cool. :-)

[Bruce Pennington]

That's cool, Peter!  I only have 2 tsuba with kiku motif, though different in design:

 

[Bruce Pennington]

Here's an unusual one - a Type 98 almost standard, except it's got a budo (grape leaf) Gunzoku fuchi.  Found at this Bamfords Auction.  Blade is an undated, showa stamped Kanesada:

 

[Ontario_Archaeology]

 

Here is a tanto

[Yukihiro]

7 hours ago, Bruce Pennington said:

Here's an unusual one - a Type 98 almost standard, except it's got a budo (grape leaf) Gunzoku fuchi.  Found at this Bamfords Auction.  Blade is an undated, showa stamped Kanesada:

 

I don't understand why the seppa is pierced (and probably the tsuba, too) if there is no tsuka latch - isn't there a possibility this is a put together koshirae?

[Polaria]

4 minutes ago, Yukihiro said:

I don't understand why the seppa is pierced (and probably the tsuba, too) if there is no tsuka latch - isn't there a possibility this is a put together koshirae?

 

It would help to see if the saya was push fit or latch fit. Maybe the original had two koshirae but extra parts were lost at some point?

 

I have a type 98 which came with two tsuba, one shin-gunto and one civilian.

[Bruce Pennington]

3 hours ago, Yukihiro said:

isn't there a possibility this is a put together koshirae?

Yes, good point.  The fuchi doesn't completely fit and the tsuba/seppa set look loose.  However, the mekugi is missing.  So, the whole rig could just be loose due to that.  Could have been one of those gunto that showed up missing those parts, like my Mantetsu, and a collector pieced some stuff together.