Good US dealers? Looking for Shin-Gunto.

[golfdom1987]

Did a search through the forum, but didn't find any hits. Any good dealers in the US who have a selection of nice Shin-Gunto for sale ? Thanks.

[doug e lewis]

Try the Collectors Armoury in Culver City, CA

11048 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 90230

 

213 - 558-3952

 

I don't know if they have a web site --- never looked for one. If your are not familar with So. Cal they are in the Los Angeles area not far from Santa Monica.

 

Nice people.

 

Doug e

[doug e lewis]

OK, did a quick web search --- my business card for them is old --it's been many years since I went there -- now at 11050 Washington, ph area code now 310

 

no web page that I could find, but they are NOT associated with the one in Virginia with the same name, as far as I know.

 

Good gunto hunting

 

Doug

[estcrh]

Did a search through the forum, but didn't find any hits. Any good dealers in the US who have a selection of nice Shin-Gunto for sale ? Thanks.

If you have an idea of what you are looking for you could post a wanted add on this board, there are probably a few people here who have some gunto for sale but have not listed them yet.

[loui]

You could try Mark Jones, a very honest dealer with honest pricing, he frequents this board.

 

Regards,

 

Louis

[Mark]

Louis, Thanks for the kind thought. I agree with Eric, if the person posts a "wanted" ad and gives us an idea what he is looking for and price range I, and others, will surely post what we have taht might fit his needs

[brannow]

Hi Dan,

 

I have lots of army and navy mounted swords available. Not many on my web site but maybe 20-25 of each in excellent condition.

[golfdom1987]

Thanks for the replies everybody. I'm a novice at this, and I am still researching the various kinds of Japanese swords available. It seemed to me that Shin-Gunto provided good value and are very interesting as military collectibles. I'm sure there are myriad opinions on this (which is what makes collecting interesting). I really haven't decided exactly what kind of Shin-Gunto piece I'm going to purchase yet, but thanks for the URLs and contacts.

[estcrh]

Before thinking about a purchase it might help to do a little research and have some info available so you are not relying solely on what the person you intend to buy from is telling you. Here are a few links..one sword term glossary and a couple of links with gunto info. You should decide how much money you can afford to spend and if you want a traditional blade ( nihonto) of just any ww2 sword including machine made blades, if nihonto then and old blade in a ww2 mount or a blade made for ww2. There a lot of variables.

 

 

 

 

http://members.shaw.ca/nihontonut/glossary.html

 

http://ryujinswords.com/shostamp.htm

 

http://www.h4.dion.ne.jp/~t-ohmura/gunto_070.htm

[golfdom1987]

Wow, great links. Thanks for the information. The more you know, the more you realize you don't know.

[estcrh]

Wow, great links. Thanks for the information. The more you know, the more you realize you don't know.

Exactly!!! If you really want to see how much there is to know check out this site. http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/nihonto.htm