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Appreciate your time and effort, thanks

Thanks, appreciated

Greetings out there. Thinking of this worn wakizashi as a wall-hanger - provided the price is right. Can anyone identify name and age, please? Thanks for your kind help, anyone. - flemming7x64 https://www.dba.dk/andre-samleobjekter-antik/id-1063556348/billeder/1/

Thanks again, your comments much appreciated. I expect to receive the sword within a couple of weeks. Firstly I´ll carefully remove habaki(which seems stuck? and definitely not handfitted for this sword) and hopefully take some nice shots of the whole lot in the hope that this seemingly - (?)a little uncommon - military sword will reveal what it really IS... - Flemming. By the way, VERY nice sword shown above

Thanks, I learned they are one and the same.. - Regards, Flemming

Hello, Bruce, and thanks for your kind help. Yes, I´m just as puzzled as you are as to this sword. As far goes my limited knowledge on Nihonto in general, I do own a couple of "genuine" wakizashi's. Once also had a Naval WW II that I regretfully sold.Have read and studied both types a lot, but this one sort of stands out, like something "in between". I have asked my US friend if he managed to take photographes of the exact spot you mention, but he didn´t. This sword is being shipped writing, so I will have to wait. Two things can be confirmed - 1) the sword has got a hamon, 2) If you´ve read above provenance it is by the book, first hand. Will return once the sword arrives. Must fetch firstly in Sweden, since Post Denmark doesn´t allow weapons to be shipped in and out of the country Lots of thanks for now, Flemming

Hello, again. Can anyone read this kanji, please? Thanks, appreciate it. Regards, - Flemming

Thanks, appreciate your effort in trying to help out, - Flemming

Thanks, Jo Saku, very appreciated. As for provenance, cannot be disputed with all due respect. My American friend, a former secretary of House of The Representatives personally formed a veteran´s organization/chapter in a large US city. The gentleman vet in question, now passsed, was a close friend of his. He personally took the sword in the Battle of Saipan - even told exact location. Many years later, the vet gave the sword to my friend including its (hi-)story). All documented, included photographs, etc.. May I kindly ask if you are able to read the painted kanji, please? Thanks again, - Flemming

Yes, I think you are probably right, and if the case this sword was not intentionally forged to wear WW II Gunto mountings. This could - alongside the hamon, perhaps date it further back in time?

Yes, but perhaps the Japanese in question was firstly in China(which I believe), then several years of Island Hopping in the South Pacific, difficult to repair/maintain swords...

Fairly, but still expensive. The good thing is that provenance is a 100% bullet proof. I´ve also got a Japanese Arisaka bayonet, the gentleman vet picked up at Tarawa! One thing is having a WW II item, another to be able to tell its story - that´s to me the "real" value. Historical documentation, never forgotten vet, etc...

Will try and fix by contacting seller in the States, a good friend of me and of the deceased gentleman vet, that brought it home from Saipan after being wounded. The sword hasn´t arrived by shipping yet..

Thanks, appreciate it. Any thoughts on the blade itself, please?

Thanks appreciate it. Same thought crossed my mind. But what about the blade itself, can you help on anything, it does have a hamon. What should I make of it, please? A 1930´ies blade, but traditionally forged, "disguised in a later "Seki"-scabbard or.....???

Greetings from Denmark. Priviledged to have a WW II Gunto on its way from the States. Though in need of choji-oil, regardless of the overall condition, I like it. Furthermore its provenance. It was taken on Saipan, June 1944, by: 27th Infantry Division, 45th Infantry Brigade, 106th Machine Gun Battalion WWII US Army Staff SGT William Harris of Egg Harbor Township Captured while in the mountains of Mount Tapochau, Saipan Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Bronze Star Medal Military Order of Purple Heart Now, this sword scabbard clearly states "Sword of Seki", which I´m familiar with, BUT, my question: 1) This blade doesn´t seem to bear a stamp nor signature, 2) The sword definetely and clearly reveals a hamon. Machine made/an officer´s privately ordered, handforged sword? Can anyone kindly elaborate on this sword, please? Highly appreciated. Thanks out there.

Thanks, mate, appreciate it, - Flemming

PS: Information on the vet, the bayonet and Tarawa again confirmed, +......

Hello, and thanks very much. Been so busy recording personal details on this Arisaka bayonet, that I didn´t check it as for arsenal stamps yet. For your record, this came from a friend of mine in the States. Obviously I cannot reveal identities, but this is what happened before I got the bayonet. My friend was an employee in the US Congress. At the same time he was commander of a disabled veterans´ Chapter for many years, and spent a lot of time with these gentleman vets, some of them he knew very personally for more than 20 years, untill they passed. The person in question, who brought home this Arisaka "..alwys kept this piece by his side". The vets and my friend often went to schools to educate children, telling about their war time stories. The vet always brought the Arisaka bayonet that was a very important "throphy" for him. He was a "mobbing up/"cleaner" guy at Tarawa himself, that of course had a huge impact in his life later on. When old and ill, he personally gave the Arisaka to my congress friend and many times told - though a very humble and silent person - about some of his experiences on Tarawa. That Arisaka bayonet is the one in question. As far as I know on history it could have been brought there as a training or substitute bayonet, or having been used for other purposes. I cannot tell, of course. I have no reson to doubt my friend´s word, and the story of the long passed vet, but I do see your point and will look into it thoroughly to get more even more specific information on it. Thank you for taking time and effort to answer my question. Kind regards, - Flemming

Thanks again, - Flemming

Thanks for the good piece of advice, but as a Scandinavian learning kanji from books seems more or less impossible. Know a couple of people who read kanji, but they went to university to learn it. Spent enough time there myself:)

Thank you, Toryo. I was trying to get an "independent"("Fresh Eyes" as we say here) opinion. The interpreter I usually ask when translating Hinomaru flags, etc. stated: "Tanaka" (田中) or "Hinaka" (日中) (perhaps "Nitchuu"). Some difference of opinion, what am I to do, please? Thanks for your time and patience, - Flemming

Greetings to all of you. Just got this historical "treasure" of mine. A Tarawa captured Arisaka bayonet. I canot read kanji(I´m Danish). It seems the owner cut his name in the handle. Any ideas what the name of the Japanese gentleman was, please? Lots of thanks, - Flemming