How To Destroy A Good Sword

[bobbernard]

I recently posted asking for help identifying a sword and got a lot of quick and surprising feedback and I thank you for that. I am not a collector, but admiring Hapanese workmanship, I could not pass up this knife for $20 at the local flea market. I was hoping I might find some information upon removing the handles when I got home but was very disappointed. Nevertheless, I thought you might like (or dislike) seeing what someone did to a nice piece of steel. Let's hope that it was broken before it was modified. As you can see, the blade was ground, welded, and the edges along the handle , brazed.

[Stephen]

Bob B

 

Not really a good blade to start with so not a major disaster, but it shows ya what some guy do to their finds. 

[Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini]

Creativity is not always good. However as Stephen said, not a major loss here.

[Okiiimo]

It looks like someone recycled a broken blade.

[christianmalterre]

and this dilettante recycled a old knifesharpener like this one here....

(variation of pommel- there were multiple...)

( variation of grip-Dito!  i just actually have no picture...)

[Bruce Pennington]

Looks like the end of Type 95 NCO gunto! Like Allen said, if the gunto was really damaged, maybe he "made lemonade out of a lemon!" I hope he didn't just butcher a good gunto though!

[jeep44]

The verdigris around the scabbard rivets tells me this was done a long time ago-maybe some creative Seabee or a soldier with access to a machine shop? It was probably just a fragment of an NCO sword to begin with.