Odd ball WW2 koshirae for kinnuto shape

[tokashikibob]

  Fellas,  Picked up this oddball from a online auction because it's something different and the leather garbed swords always gets me!    Never seen a kinnuto in field fittings almost a last ditch piece,  whaddaya think Bruce?

[Bruce Pennington]

Hey, whadda’ ya pickin’ on me for!  Ha!  John is the koshirae guy!

 

Here’s what I got searching for the meaning of “kinnuto”

 

[Bazza]

Interesting google results Bruce.  Try mine:

 

Kinnoto/kinnotoh

 

https://studyingjapa...ds.com/tag/kinno-to/

 

Meiji Ishin-To

Right before the Meiji Restoration, long swords (approx. 3 feet) with no curvature were made.  Sa Yukihide (from Tosa) forged this type of sword.  Saigo Takamori (西郷隆盛)、 Sakamoto Ryoma (坂本龍馬) owned this type of swords.  Both are famous historical characters during the Meiji Restoration, called Meiji Ishin (明治維新).  Both of them were a part of the Kin’no-to (勤皇党) group which supported the Emperor and renewed the political system.

 

BaZZa.

[PNSSHOGUN]

Given the above, what is the Nagasa?

[Matsunoki]

I believe that Kinnoto swords also have an exaggerated long nakago…..eg….

 

[Bruce Pennington]

To get to Bob's question, I've never seen anything exactly like this.  I'd tend to agree with you that it's late war, or late occupied/field work.  Think this was made to replace the tsuba?

[tokashikibob]

  I think so Bruce,  It lets the handle line up with the mekugi ana.     Going to put it in my booth with a Japanese flyers outfit,  should look good together.