Shin gunto with signature

[den70]

Gentlemen what you think about this gunto. Thanks. 

[Bruce Pennington]

While waiting for the smith translation, The tsuka is nice.  Saya was made for a leather cover, now missing, and the haikan (belt loop ring) has be put on upside down.  Also, the seppa has been flipped, as it is blocking the hole in the tsuba for what would have been a leather strap & snap around the fuchi.

 

Wartime polish makes it hard to see hamon details, but with the current photos, it seems to be showato (non-traditionally made).

 

Not a bad gunto, depending upon price.

[dyn]

Looks to me like Kiyonobu (similar to this other example I found online here: https://griffinmilit...-shin-gunto-sword-2/) However I’m not familiar with the smith so I’ll wait for others to chime in.

 

Sword is somewhat rusty but to me I think it looks like a decent gunto. The one thing I find odd (and this might just be nothing) is the curvature looks quite steep for an arsenal blade compared to the ones I usually see. Interesting.