Military Swords of Japan

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1. Black painted Type 32

   By dwmc, December 15, 2020
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   • lonely panet
   • August 4

2. Where can I get a sword refitted with shin gunto parts?

   By Lordd_Humungous, July 24
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   • Mister Gunto
   • August 3

3. Surrender Tags

   By IJASWORDS, July 10, 2020   

   • katana
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   • Eric187
   • August 2

4. please help me to identify

   By fairyman, August 1
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   • cisco-san
   • August 2

5. Mumei Showato

   By Emilll, July 31
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   • Emilll
   • July 31

6. Need Help For Type 32

   By Jaydon, July 30
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   • Jaydon
   • July 31

7. Tokyo 1st Army star stamped gunto

   By Gerry, July 30
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   • Gerry
   • July 30

8. Nlf Gunto Discussion 1 2 3 4 19

   By Bruce Pennington, April 28, 2017
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   • Bruce Pennington
   • July 30

9. Unknown significance of chevron design on Sarute

   By PNSSHOGUN, October 5, 2023
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   • Bruce Pennington
   • July 29

10. Help identify

    By Reefishere, July 23
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    • Bruce Pennington
    • July 29

11. is it a box, or is it A BOX

    By lonely panet, July 22
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    • lonely panet
    • July 29

12. Help identifying sword maker

    By chillmech, July 26
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    • Bruce Pennington
    • July 27

13. Family Mon - Parade Sabre

    By Fusilier, July 15
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    • Fusilier
    • July 26

14. Type 98 Gunto Wak

    By Michaelr, July 20
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    • Michaelr
    • July 21

15. Samegawa Army

    By Michaelr, July 20
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    • Michaelr
    • July 21

16. Translation help on WWII Blade

    By GetFuzzy2, July 18
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    • Bruce Pennington
    • July 19

17. Identifying a place to have my sword restored in Southern CA

    By KenB, July 15
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    • PNSSHOGUN
    • July 18

18. Iron civilian gunto tsuba 1 2 3 4

    By Itomagoi, July 16, 2020
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    • Bruce Pennington
    • July 18

19. Type 98 Shin Gunto

    By Butch, July 16
    • 15 replies
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    • mecox
    • July 17

20. Ka Mon on Gendaito's Nakago

    By Volker62, July 16
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    • Bruce Pennington
    • July 17

21. Help identifying a sword

    By Mountain Man, July 11
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    • BANGBANGSAN
    • July 15

22. New here, was wondering if I could get some insight on some WW2 bring back swords

    By LiLDJT, July 13   

    • wakizashi
    • gunto
    • 10 replies
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    • Kiipu
    • July 14

23. Bibliography of Japanese Modern Edged Weapons, 1868-1945 1 2

    By Kiipu, December 1, 2020
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    • Kiipu
    • July 13

24. On a scale of 0-10, how fake is this sword? 1 2

    By Ghoul, June 5
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    • Smee78
    • July 13

25. Generals Tassels 1 2 3

    By David Flynn, March 26, 2020
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    • Michaelr
    • July 13