Jareth

Very nice condition early naval pattern dagger!

Finally we see an actual example from that photo! Thanks! Asking price is crazy in my opinion 

BTT 

As a collector of SNLF/NLF ,based on period photos as well as my opinion I believe in the early stages of war in China most carried family or civilian swords slightly modified for combat 

New price reduction. $400. includes shipping within USA

On 8/16/2023 at 3:11 PM, Infinite_Wisdumb said:

#drool

 

 

Make me an offer ; )

You are correct. Thanks and I edited post

Excellent condition bushu Ju Masanaga  Tsuba . 2 7/8” diameter. $520. Includes shipping within U.S.A.

9 hours ago, Bruce Pennington said:

Looks good! Do you know what’s inside it?

Bruce the link describes what’s inside

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Sun ray seppas ! Love that premium!

Keep me in mind if you ever let it go. I only collect navy 

Beautiful kaigunto! Do you have deluxe tsuba with alternating gold plated rays? 

One of the absolute nicest I’ve seen to date! Congrats!

Symbol certainly looks police to me. For a child or a very small cop

Looks like gold paint to my eyes. At best it’s guilding 

Congrats! Nice grouping but hard to prove it was all owned by same officer & not post war put together. The rarest item in the “ group” is the scabbard retainer cord on Kai gunto handle! These are very difficult to find

Found this in one of my photo albums

Japanese navy often used black paint in addition to bluing to protect metal. This includes type 99 naval special rifles & bayonets.

I can think of a few scenarios ....he’s a retired soldier or he’s holding a deceased sons sword or the sword is the photographer’s prop

Interesting info.I collect SNLF, NLF & naval land based combat items. I haven’t seen one of these tags yet. Will be on the lookout 

Not in my hands yet

More photos of scabbard

I only own one dagger so not me. I was just wondering about these with cast celluloid handles & what info was available 

Has anyone else seen a scabbard like this? It’s on a late war celluloid handle variant. Jareth