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  1. Officer tassels were: ARMY-Shin Gunto Company grade tassel's were blue/brown with matching straps, up to rank of captain i believe. Field grade tassels were red/brown with matching straps for colonels and majors. General grade tassel was gold or yellow with the red/brown straps also having 3 gold threads interwoven in a zigzag pattern. Late war army tassels had no rank distinction, all were a medium brown with matching straps. NAVY- Kai Gunto Naval tassels were all dark 'chocolate' brown, again no distinction of ranks. Non Commissioned Officers NCO were: Brown leather barrel knot with leather straps using a buckle retention system for the brass tsuba 'early' type 95 copper & aluminium handled swords. The 'late' type 95 with iron tsuba used the same leather barrel knot but without the buckle set up, the tassel being attached to the steel sarute at the end of the handle instead of the tsuba. you can get this info from a good reference, like the Fuller and Gregory one, or also Jim Dawsons book, which has color photos. I hope this helps you. Ernst
  2. Hi Chris, My hat off to you! We've not agreed in the past, but that was the most informative and educational thread i have yet seen on this site! Well done. My picks were 5, 9, and 10.... 4 looked odd but i didn't go for it. I did get confused reading the answers as the number and x.jpgs numbers got mixed at the end. Thoroughly enjoyed going through the exercise and agree with others that more of these would benefit all members, especially the newbies. Thanks and, Cheers Ernst
  3. Hi All. Roy, if its not to much bother, would you be able to post some pics of the green tassel??? I would love to see it up close! Cheers Ernst
  4. Seems to me this went under the radar.... nice piece in my opinion.... nice price as well. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Japanese-Samura ... 1e70b1cc28 What thoughts are there on this as i am intigued that a piece of this apparent quality sliped by unnoticed by any one. I think some one got a bargain, any opinions?? Ernst BTW if i had the funds available, i think i would have purchased it. Would i have done badly??
  5. Any chance it is Gimei? To me the mei appears to be newer than the actual cutting test inscription? Would the peening effect have been the removal of a mei and then this one added? I heard that Seven body cutting tests are most unusual and probably overstated, in that they are almost impossible. What is the actual cut being performed? hips? chest? etc? (as i don't have a reference for it) Also the blade in the emuseum, does not have as prominent masame as this one.... Forgive my ingnorance, but i'm new to this stuff and very interested. Ernst
  6. I think it is fantastic, truly a beautiful blade. Thanks Jean. Ernst
  7. Just noticed this on ebay.... you might be interested. http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-Japanese-W ... 3a7794e651 Ernst
  8. Hi LarryB, Your NCO Sword is genuine form the pictures you have uploaded, most of the info you got from Ohmura's site would be plenty to give you an idea of what you have. It is a shame that the scabbard throat and liner are missing, if you can't locate them at your friends house it will be a shame as it lowers the value of the sword if you were going to sell it. If you crawl the web you may be able to find the missing parts, but the numbers on the throat will not match, this will get a better price but still not the same as a complete matching set. there were some 6000 odd made and this model is fairly desirable by militaria collectors. Sorry i can't point you to any dealers in your area. Could you post a pic of the scabbard tip....just for my own interest. Her is a recent posting on this board, you can see some others of this same type, it may interest you viewtopic.php?f=50&t=13229&start=15 hope this helps BTW your description is accurate, you are also missing the wire loop (sarute) that goes on the end of the handle for the leather tassel to go through. Ernst
  9. Are you able to post a better picture, perhaps a close up, it would help heaps. Is there anything on the other side? Ernst
  10. Keep pluggin Brian, God loves a tryer! You may need to get your wallet out again, here's another one on ebay by the same smith i think, it's very similar to yours but with wooden scabbard. http://www.ebay.com/itm/WW2-SHINGUNTO-K ... 4168299bbc Ernst
  11. Brian, You can find it here: http://www.thelanesarmoury.co.uk/shop.php a few pages in, set the search to Japanese sword first. Ernst
  12. The way i see it, Japan is a part of Asia, so they would have contact/influence from others around them, hence tigers, lions, elephants etc. I don't think the elephant mounts are made for tourists, they aren't exactly my cup to tea but i don't think they are crap, just an interesting fashion trend (which may have had religious influences). I'm no expert on Koshirae, but hey thats my 2 cents worth! Now i found this for your viewing pleasure! Yes it is for sale :D Ernst P.S No its not mine
  13. Hi, I had a look at their web pages, and i could download all the individual images, now it is a matter of putting them back together like a jigsaw puzzle. There are programs around that will let you do that. There are 6 levels of zoom, each level has it's own grid pattern of joined images. i hope this helps Ernst
  14. You have a sharp eye Shigezo S. 加州住繁蔵, i also have one with a similar switch of stampings, i have attached a picture for you to see. It's the centre one of the three, the image name indicates the matching serial numbers respectively. Brian, this is for the militaria collectors amongst us, if you feel it is inapproriate, please remove. Ernst
  15. Hi Bill, It's very clean, is this how you found it? Cheers Ernst PM sent
  16. This one was on ebay just recently, it failed to meet reserve at US$510 I have one like this but with green wrapping instead of red. Ernst
  17. Thanks for that, Depending on the condition, it may have been a very good buy at that price. Strangely enough in these economic times, militaria items are holding their value,and in some case creeping up. Ernst
  18. It appears to be the characters which are within the 'Kami' (God) stamp, however, there is no cherry blossom leaf outline. You can find this stamp in 'Military Swords of Japan 1868-1945' by Fuller & Gregory pg82 (number xiii). It is apparently very rare and only been found on a Shin Gunto Tsuba previously. Ernst
  19. Check in Jim Dawsons 'Swords of Imperial Japan 1868-1945' Cyclopedia Edition. Try Chapter 16 Late War Army Swords for NCO's. You'll find it is the very last Variant of NCO sword listed. How much was the asking price? Ernst
  20. Hi, Definitive proof would leave this thread redundant, so.... speculate and theorise we must with what ever information we can gather! I tend to think that the Navy tassels remained the same, that is not change from dark brown to tan, however, having said that, it makes sense that in the last years of war, manufacturing would be streamlined and even tassels 'standardised' so new issues and replacements may have become the 'tan' variant. This would be in line with the type 3 Koshirae introduction? This would make both shades legitimate for Navy swords. The sellers of tassels (ebay included) don't discriminate, to them if its brown only, then its Navy. They may not know any better and generalise as we all have in the past, making it a 'lucky' mistake? I have seen type 3 sword with blue/brn and red/brn tassels, also type 98's with tan brown, are they after war chops and changes from the returned service men (prefering different colurs and changing them) or from the various dealers handling them since? perhaps i'm wrong, but i think this would be the case. I don't agree with you George, i believe a sniper would be able to (in the majority of cases) distinguish and differentiate colours of tassels. I am however happy to agree to disagree with you on this one! :D I was looking at ohmura's web page and noticed another variant of tassel. This would be another 'early' colour code for Civil Authorities perhaps? Here's the link : http://www.k3.dion.ne.jp/~j-gunto/gunto_050.htm I wonder what the asking price on this one would be?? Cheers Ernst
  21. Stegel

    Shikkake Hada

    Very nice indeed! Thanks for that, any chance of seeing the whole blade and perhaps the nakago/mei? Ernst
  22. Yes George, I remember reading that towards the last few years of the war, "non rank" tassel's were actually implemented by the Japanese forces to counter sniper attacks. Assuming that snipers had worked out colours and associated them with rank. As a result all tassel's were the 'tan' brown from that point onwards(not sure of exact date). The navy did not have this problem as they did not differentiate rank with tassel colour. It may have already been the case with Civil Authorities, i don't know for sure, but it would have brought all the army into line, it makes sense to me at least. I remember Roy Lindus indicating he had a perfectly legitimate naval Kai Gunto tassel which was green or greenish, he may actually have a very late war tassel as the tsuka ito on late war Kai Gunto (with more spartan fittings) actually appears as a shade of green. Please correct me if i'm wrong. Ernst
  23. Hi Rick, All i could find was that there are 'early' and 'late' war tassels. Apparently the early ones are thinner. This is a quote from a Web page where a Shin Gunto tassel is for sale, the description mentions: This particular tassel is an early war type with bordered edges, and is much thinner and narrower than the later tassels. The tassel is approx. 22 inches in length which makes it longer than most. I know on Omuhra's Web page, he mentions the difference in 'Quality' which i presume would have also meant price for the officers who needed to buy them. The better quality has the reverse colour along the edges. Lengths vary, i noticed with mine that the thinner 'early' ones are generally longer, perhaps i'm wrong here, but would not mind to be corrected by some other members. Hope this helps Ernst
  24. Very nice Jean, Congratulations! I thoroughly enjoyed reading this thread. Thanks to all for your input Ernst
  25. Hi GreenEyes? Are you able to post any pics? I would very much like to see this blade. Ernst
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