Shin Gunto

[deeceeg]

Hi everyone .....its on its way .....found it i9n a junk auction ...more pics to come ...floor bidder was keen !

[Geraint]

Dear Don.

 

I surely hope that you are in for a nice surprise with this one.  Tell me, did you see it in person?

 

All the best.

[deeceeg]

Hi Any opinions are great Geraint ?

Regards Don

[Bruce Pennington]

Hard to tell much with these pics.  Looks like it might have a worn NCO leather tassel (end cap stitching gone and knot unraveled).  Could be an old sword re-ritted for the war.  Interesting engraving on the metal parts.  Hope it turns out legit.

[deeceeg]

  On 10/16/2020 at 5:52 PM, Bruce Pennington said:

Hard to tell much with these pics.  Looks like it might have a worn NCO leather tassel (end cap stitching gone and knot unraveled).  Could be an old sword re-ritted for the war.  Interesting engraving on the metal parts.  Hope it turns out legit.

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Will let you know ..should arrive in a few days .Don

[Shamsy]

It certainly has genuine patina, but the materials of the koshirae and style are very unusual. It looks more like an 'island sword' to me. The nakago will be most telling.

[deeceeg]

How does a person take apart a full Military Army shin Gunto ?

Regards D

[deeceeg]

  On 10/16/2020 at 7:54 PM, Shamsy said:

It certainly has genuine patina, but the materials of the koshirae and style are very unusual. It looks more like an 'island sword' to me. The nakago will be most telling.

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Hi Steve ...this was brought back in 1946 from Japan in our post war J Forces occupation .

[Bruce Pennington]

  On 10/16/2020 at 8:03 PM, deeceeg said:

take apart a full Military Army shin Gunto

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Don,

It's normally pretty easy as there is usually only 1 bamboo peg to remove.  Once out, the handle (tsuka) and handguard (tsuba) and spacers (seppa) simply slide right off.  I"m posting a pic of how to push that peg out.

 

But yours appears to have 2 pegs (ok, not complicated) but that strange metal collar at the base of the tsuka is a big unknown.  You'll have to see when you get it, if there is a pin through it too.  If not, the tsuka might come right off after removing the apparent pegs.

 

After another look, I'm agreeing with Steve, for now, that this may be an island-made sword.  Official Japanese gunto only have one mekugi (peg) (NCO and Rinji gunto have 2).