Bruce Pennington Posted January 29, 2024 Report Posted January 29, 2024 Boy, the auction houses are really off the deep end today. Lot 513: Japanese Forged Steel Katana Samurai Warrior Sword: Description - "A vintage Japanese Katana sword. Traditional forged and tempered steel samurai weapon with single edge curved blade, Tsuba hand guard, and long enameled handle." It's a Type 95 NCO gunto! Lot 1295: 14TH C. Japanese KATANA SWORD BLADE IN WWII METAL SCABBARD: Description same as title It's a Sep 1944 Gifu/Seki stamped showato in RS fittings. 1 Quote
ChrisW Posted January 29, 2024 Report Posted January 29, 2024 I don't even bother with their descriptions anymore. 1 Quote
dwmc Posted January 30, 2024 Report Posted January 30, 2024 On 1/29/2024 at 5:44 PM, Bruce Pennington said: Boy, the auction houses are really off the deep end today. Lot 513: Japanese Forged Steel Katana Samurai Warrior Sword: Description - "A vintage Japanese Katana sword. Traditional forged and tempered steel samurai weapon with single edge curved blade, Tsuba hand guard, and long enameled handle." It's a Type 95 NCO gunto! Lot 1295: 14TH C. Japanese KATANA SWORD BLADE IN WWII METAL SCABBARD: Description same as title It's a Sep 1944 Gifu/Seki stamped showato in RS fittings. Expand A wise man believes only in lies, trust only in the absurd, a learns expect the unexpected! (Roald Dahl) Another small example of a seemingly parallel dimension we reside in currently. One only needs to take a brief look around... 1 Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted January 30, 2024 Author Report Posted January 30, 2024 Maybe those swords have self-identified as ancient, traditionally made blades!!! 2 1 Quote
IslandBoy Posted January 31, 2024 Report Posted January 31, 2024 On 1/29/2024 at 5:44 PM, Bruce Pennington said: Boy, the auction houses are really off the deep end today. Lot 513: Japanese Forged Steel Katana Samurai Warrior Sword: Description - "A vintage Japanese Katana sword. Traditional forged and tempered steel samurai weapon with single edge curved blade, Tsuba hand guard, and long enameled handle." It's a Type 95 NCO gunto! Lot 1295: 14TH C. Japanese KATANA SWORD BLADE IN WWII METAL SCABBARD: Description same as title It's a Sep 1944 Gifu/Seki stamped showato in RS fittings. Expand They should just describe them both as swords. Then it would be accurate. 1 1 Quote
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