Ooitame Posted March 23, 2024 Report Posted March 23, 2024 Any advice is most welcome here as this pushes my knowledge... looks legit. 1 Quote
robinalexander Posted March 23, 2024 Report Posted March 23, 2024 Not liking what I am seeing Eric. What is that number on the blade? Rob Quote
robinalexander Posted March 23, 2024 Report Posted March 23, 2024 Haven't got time to list all the things I see that are wrong...even with these poor pics but you said "any advice is most welcome" ....my advice is give it a miss. 1 Quote
lonely panet Posted March 23, 2024 Report Posted March 23, 2024 i would say genuine but painted a nice house gloss black. so you can be a ninja 1 Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted March 23, 2024 Report Posted March 23, 2024 Seems legit to me, too. You see a lot more variation in Nagoya 95s than you see in the Tokyo gunto. 1 Quote
Ooitame Posted March 23, 2024 Author Report Posted March 23, 2024 I will try to get better photos tonight. The black aluminum handle threw me off. I do think the paint is period, and a real gunto. Are there certain areas I should focus on? Quote
John C Posted March 24, 2024 Report Posted March 24, 2024 Could just be the lighting, but the military generally shy's away from shiny paint except on parade items. Need pics of the stamps as well. John C. Quote
Ooitame Posted March 24, 2024 Author Report Posted March 24, 2024 On 3/24/2024 at 12:05 AM, John C said: Could just be the lighting, but the military generally shy's away from shiny paint except on parade items. Need pics of the stamps as well. John C. Expand Agreed shiny is bad!!! This does seem to have a very slight gloss but nothing that could reflect. Quote
Kiipu Posted March 24, 2024 Report Posted March 24, 2024 As already stated above, it is kosher but repainted. Made by Seki in about 1941. 2 Quote
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