Korean governor/naval dirk

[gun addict]

I believe I picked up a Korean governor HQ dagger or potentially an early Meiji naval dagger. Let me know if I am correct counting out the Paulowani, thank you! 

[gorec5642]

Good day! The upper dirk of your junior official of the Ministry of National Railways is from 1909, but the screw (menuki) is not native. The lower dirk is an early officer's sea coat of the 1883 model (rare).

Edited March 24, 2024 by gorec5642

[gun addict]

Thank you very much, I see now the menuki is not a railroad menuki but I suppose those can be lost easily. Surprising that a junior official can afford such a nice oversized custom made dirk with a koto Gassen blade lol

[Bruce Pennington]

The top one likely holds an actual tanto, right?  Be nice to see some photos!

[gun addict]

Yes it does Bruce, both has nihonto inside. The top one is the Gassen blade with paper, I’ve taken many pictures unfortunately they’re all too large size for posting so I will try again shortly 

[Bruce Pennington]

2 hours ago, gun addict said:

Yes it does Bruce, both has nihonto inside. The top one is the Gassen blade with paper, I’ve taken many pictures unfortunately they’re all too large size for posting so I will try again shortly 

Thanks Tim!  Sometimes a simple screenshot of your original photo will do the trick.

[Jareth]

Very nice condition early naval pattern dagger!

[Curran]

On 3/24/2024 at 2:15 PM, gun addict said:

Yes it does Bruce, both has nihonto inside. The top one is the Gassen blade with paper, I’ve taken many pictures unfortunately they’re all too large size for posting so I will try again shortly 

 

Great little package there.

That it has an older Gassan blade in it really gives a bit of the gravitas of someone carrying it into wartime.

 

[gun addict]

On 3/24/2024 at 5:05 PM, Bruce Pennington said:

Thanks Tim!  Sometimes a simple screenshot of your original photo will do the trick.