lionel Posted February 4, 2011 Report Posted February 4, 2011 recently bought a shingunto that had its sarute replaced with a piece of lace like this kai example i just found online , can any of the more experienced guys here shed more light on this ? thanks Quote
pcfarrar Posted February 4, 2011 Report Posted February 4, 2011 They are very common, the majority of the gunto I have at the moment have fabric saru-te. Maybe they used fabric because it made less noise when moving about? The metal saru-te do rattle a lot and given the Japanese penchant for night attacks maybe that was the reason? Quote
lionel Posted February 4, 2011 Author Report Posted February 4, 2011 that makes sense !....When i recieved the sword in question i wondered maybe if the vet had put the fabric on instead ! i was going to put a metal sarute on it but now i will keep the fabric sarute in place just as the Japanese officer intended Quote
Kai-Gunto Posted February 5, 2011 Report Posted February 5, 2011 Hello, Its a common thing ,specially on kaigunto.Thats what Your sword is.A navy sword. Shingunto = Army. Kaigunto = Navy. Quote
Stephen Posted February 6, 2011 Report Posted February 6, 2011 I think a sarute would look better navy didnt have to worry about sarute rattleing. With a Brown tassel and sarute it would be a good restoration project. I seen a member here Mark! on ebay has a nice sarute up on auction. Quote
Gilles Posted February 6, 2011 Report Posted February 6, 2011 I may add that Sarute were a plus for a sword. The Japanese army officers had to buy an army parade sword and a shin-gunto. It was the regulations at that time. Navy officers had to buy a Kai-gunto, a navy parade sword and a navy dagger. Of course during WWII, those regulations were may be less strictly enforced. But anyway, ordering a sword at that time was a costly affair. Especially for Japanese officers which were not known to win a lot of money. Every plus, like a gendai blade, thick seppas, pierced guard, nice sarute were kind of costly, so I assume that sarute made of fabric were less expensive that nice iron or copper ones. The tactical choice to make less noise is also relevant. Moreover, fabric sarute seemed to be more resistant than nice ones which were held by little "nails" (I don't know how to qualify that part in english) of 2mm on each side. Hope it helps. Quote
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