Kai-Gunto

NOT a tachi , but a shingunto.

Saw it , yes , they pop up sometimes. Sad about the scabbard.

Go ahead..... Watch Your fingers

Thats a fake. No numbers on samurai swords.

With a piece of bone?

Low quality to my eye. Strange color under the black color. I say fake.

Yes , sad story. One thing we conclude... The postal service got long fingers. I will make a claim and search for it ,thru the Danish postal service. But as You told me ,theres other letters You havnt recived ,so maybe its on the French side. Anyway I try contact post office. Best regards Thomas

Sounds great. PM sent.

I cant see from the photos , what is the scabbard made of . Leather or sharkskin? From what I can see , its an early one with all leafs ingraved and the sakura is raised. Blade can have a hamon , hardend line , I cant see in the photo. Blade has some rust. Is wire on handle intact? All rayskin on handle? I can PM You a value ,when all my questions is answerd. Thanks in regards. Heres the big one with a normal size dirk (like Yours) . The normal size dirk is also made by Suya , but a deluxe version with same features but more small sakura blossoms on the fuchi and the pommel. Real hamon in blade.

The first from left is Meiji ,second is Meiji to Taisho. The rest is from start Showa to end of war. Very few dirks are signed. Number 4 dirk is signed Hirokuni ,but thats also an old blade from prox. 1550. The prices on ebay is sometimes pretty wild ,I would call them fantasy prices and they do not sell.

Hello Rob, No smith sign on the dirk tang for sure. The officers could scratch there name on the crossguard. I have one with name scratched in. Your dirk is from Showa 1926-1945 , my guess is 1926-40. The dirk was was a symbol ,not only of authority , but social status and virility. They had a saying , that it was a charm that kept away the three evils: disease ,evil spirits and ugly women.

Its Suya.

Fuchi and kashira ,late edo-meiji.motif is pressed out and made in thousands.

Please write Your name, as to the board rules.

I have used 2 chopsticks. Press chopsticks in from both sides and turn both against each other.

And the "horns" on the kabuto is put on wrong and on the little one in the background too. Heres my kabuto...

Shingunto type 3

Hello, I would never use an old sword or new one for cutting , but P. Chen and J. Lee is okay for me????

I Saw it. I have 2 , need to relaxe little. But like it alot.

Dosnt look like honoki wood. Fittings look original.

Theres Onna Bugeisha too.

1 . Yes, but its artificial. 2. Yes, I think I seen in photos. 3.? 4. Not rare, but less was made than the NCO type 32.

Habaki looks fake.

Ups! Sure fraud.

My quess is Taisho-Showa pre war.