Military Swords of Japan

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1. Sword Maintenace?

   By secretstamos, February 3   

   • gunto
   • polishing
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   • secretstamos
   • February 4

2. Shin Gunto type 98 sword with family mon and numbered scabbard - need help

   By PeterCollector, December 1, 2024
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   • Bruce Pennington
   • February 4

3. Nlf Gunto Discussion 1 2 3 4 21

   By Bruce Pennington, April 28, 2017
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   • Bruce Pennington
   • February 3

4. Unknown significance of chevron design on Sarute

   By PNSSHOGUN, October 5, 2023
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   • Bruce Pennington
   • January 31

5. Japanese Type 95 Sword for NCOs 1 2 3 4

   By Shamsy, February 27, 2020
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   • Conway S
   • January 30

6. Kawachi (no) kami Kunisuke in Shing gunto mounts

   By PeterCollector, January 30
   • 4 replies
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   • PeterCollector
   • January 30

7. Type 95 with matching numbers - for the jigsaw puzzle enthusiasts on the NMB.

   By KungFooey, January 30
   • 4 replies
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   • Scogg
   • January 30

8. Sword hanger - repro or original?

   By KungFooey, January 29
   • 8 replies
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   • Scogg
   • January 30

9. Help with identification of Shin Gunto

   By CFA, January 30
   • 5 replies
   • 160 views
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   • Bruce Pennington
   • January 30

10. ODD STAMP ON SHINGUNTO

    By rebcannonshooter, January 29
    • 11 replies
    • 307 views
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    • Bruce Pennington
    • January 30

11. Military Sword Inscriptions - seeking interpretations of these inscriptions and other expert information on this sword. Thanks!

    By Aldrin, January 28
    • 12 replies
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    • Ian B3HR2UH
    • January 30

12. Type 95 NCO questions

    By 3Jean, January 26
    • 14 replies
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    • 3Jean
    • January 30

13. 1942 RJT sword: please your check

    By Navy, January 28
    • 10 replies
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    • Bruce Pennington
    • January 30

14. Shingunto with brown tsuba and menuki

    By Gerry, January 27
    • 4 replies
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    • Gerry
    • January 29

15. TSUBA makers mark

    By Myles, January 26
    • 2 replies
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    • Bruce Pennington
    • January 27

16. Can anyone verify the authenticity of this NCO sword please?

    By TylerKugler22, January 22
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    • BANGBANGSAN
    • January 26

17. Type 98 authenticity?

    By hale1940, January 20
    • 8 replies
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    • Bruce Pennington
    • January 23

18. Minamoto Moritaka + war slogan or gimei?

    By KungFooey, January 15
    • 27 replies
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    • ChrisW
    • January 22

19. Another Type 98 for review…

    By hale1940, January 20
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    • hale1940
    • January 20

20. WW2 Bring-back Kunitsugu Blade Big Issue

    By James Sullivan, December 11, 2024
    • 15 replies
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    • Bruce Pennington
    • January 19

21. Latest addition to my collection

    By EdWolf, January 18
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    • EdWolf
    • January 19

22. Prototypes or just Variation of Type 3 Rinji? 1 2

    By waljamada, October 26, 2024
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    • Brian
    • January 19

23. Japanese sword information

    By Adam D, January 16
    • 13 replies
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    • Michaelr
    • January 17

24. Help identifying

    By Nido42, January 16
    • 4 replies
    • 280 views
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    • Ray Singer
    • January 17

25. 94

    By Tonyatm, January 16
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    • Conway S
    • January 17