WW2 Magazine Photos

Mark S. · July 25, 2023

There are a few WW2 news magazines for sale on EBAY. Just grabbed a few images of covers that might be of interest although not much detail really. Wasn’t sure where to post them. Sorry if these have been posted before.

Bruce Pennington · July 25, 2023

Mark,

Thanks for the photos. The bottom one shows the classic example of mixed Navy and Army parts that if the gunto had been posted on NMB, we would all be saying "Pieced together post-war!" It appears to be Army except it has a Navy kabutogane! We know that in the early years of the Type 94, Navy officers were carrying Army gunto until the Type 97 became widespread. But this is a mix.

The second line, in black, at the top looks like a date "December, 8" but I cannot make out a year. Anyone see the year on this photo?

@Kiipu @BANGBANGSAN @SteveM

An interesting item is the wrap underneath the tassel where it wraps around the tsuka.

SteveM · July 25, 2023

Searched on Google and found the publication dates. From top to bottom

9/16/1942
7/12/1942
8/12/1943

Jcstroud · July 25, 2023

Here is one you might like its from the New York times August 1945

John C · July 25, 2023

Samurai Monkey is selling them for the low, low price of 250-300 EACH!

John C.

Bruce Pennington · July 25, 2023

On 7/25/2023 at 2:27 PM, SteveM said:

8/12/1943

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Wow, thanks Steve! So what do we say, anyone, about this gunto?

Jcstroud · July 26, 2023

It seems that mixed Army and Navy fittings were more common than we first thought.

On 7/25/2023 at 4:35 PM, Bruce Pennington said:

So what do we say, anyone, about this gunto?

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Makes for great conversation pieces!

PNSSHOGUN · July 26, 2023

Looks more like an early Type 94, the sarute barrel can sit quite low like a naval sword.

Bruce Pennington · July 26, 2023

On 7/26/2023 at 12:11 PM, PNSSHOGUN said:

early Type 94

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John,

You got me to looking closer at the differences between the 94/8 and 97 kabutogane. I can see now, the one in the photo is Army. With lighting issues, and for some reason, the bottom of the kabutogane obscured, it causes an appearance of the sarute hole being quite low. But it's not, and it's not round like Navy, you can just see the sculpted edges (forgive my poor editing skills!) and larger sarute barrel. Also, for some reason, the photo gives the appearance that the kabutogane is highly polished.