Sorry George, it's on a Gunto, what I believe to be a very late war piece that was re-handled for sale as a souvenir, I say this because everything is good except tsuka, the fuchi is a thin brass band with crud engraving an no bottom to it, an kashira is really bad brass casting that somewhat resembles a war time kashira with crud engraving and the kashira is really small an has a small brass nail holding it on, the tsuka appears to have been carved down to fit the small kashira, there was no Ito on tsuka an it has a full same wrap, menuki is also missing an it had a broke army officers tassel that looks like it may of been brown an blue before it faded out, its in such bad shape its just falling apart. The Tsuba is a pierced piece but very crud casting, the seppas, habaki an tsuba all have a number 2 stamped in them. The Saya is wooden with a fairly decent leather cover but the bottom is worn through. Picked it up cheap at a gunshow last Saturday in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
I'm looking for a good fuchi an kashira to make a correct wartime handle so I can have a decent looking Gunto to hang on the wall. The spring release on the fuchi needs to be in the 9 o'clock position to line up right also need correct menuki so if any one has something let me know, thanks!
