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SOLD !!

THIS IS SOLD !

THIS IS SOLD !

THIS IS SOLD

SOLD !

THIS IS A PRETTY HARD TO FIND WWII ERA OR LITTLE EARLIER TAIWAN COLONIAL SWORD USED WHEN FORMOSA WAS OCCUPIED /CONTROLLED BY Japan. THIS IS EXACTLY HOW I BOUGHT IT 30-40 YRS AGO DIRECTLY FROM A VET WHO BROUGHT IT BACK AS HIS SOUVENIR. IT IS A FORGED CARBON STEEL BLADE BUT HAS THE NICKEL PLATING W/FAUX HAMON STANDARD FOR MOST ALL DRESS/PARADE SABRES. THIS IS THE "SONIN" LEVEL MODEL AND HAS THE KANJI DENOTING 刀工 直弘 TOKO NAOHIRO (SWORDSMITH NAOHIRO) . ALSO OPP SIDE KANJI BUT TOO OBSCURE FOR THIS OL MAN TO READ. PLATING ADDED AFTER INSCRIPTION AS ALL PARTIALLY TO 90% OBSCURED. IMO BELIEVE THIS SWORD MADE PRIOR TO WWII BUT ? NAOHIRO ,BORN MEIJI 43 , WAS A SWORDSMITH OF GOOD REPUTATION AND NOTED IN JOHN SLOUGH'S REF BOOK AS WELL AS ONO TADASHI'S ."GENDAITO MEIKAN" PAGE 108 & NIHONTO MEIKAN P 659. PARTS MARKED HAVE THE KANJI FOR #3 三 ALSO THE "SUYA" LOGO UNDERSIDE GUARD A, SHOULD I SAY, "RARE" SWORD TO FIND - SOLD MY HANNIN SWORD ON EBAY AND IT WAS A LITTLE ROUGH BUT FAIRLY COMMON. THIS SONIN SWORD IS OVERALL EXCELLENT - KNOT IS A LITTLE FRAYED ,VERY NICE LACQUERED SAYA AND ALL FITTINGS HAVING NO WEAR BUT LIGHT PATINA - ALL THERE AND A NICE COLLECTIBLE AS MILITARY SWORDS GO. SOLD HAVE A NICE DAY AND STAY SAFE !

LOWER THE PRICE TO $1400

Well, for what it's worth, I have had 2 of these "so called" Air Force or Pilot's sarutes. Both were on Gunto mounted swords. 1 sword was a Showato and the other a "gimei" Tango no Kami Yoshimichi. Both swords bought back in the 80's and straight from vets. I would bet money they are authentic but there also may be copies /repros being made - what isn't being repro'd these days and mostly by the Chinese. Also have a excellent short gunto , absolutely authentic, with a koto Mino? signed blade. Had seen a short gunto mounted Showato blade back around 1978 but did not realize how scarce they were and offered $100 for it as standard Showato were selling for 2-250$ but the vet declined. Bought the one I currently have around 1997 but it has a standard cherry blossom sarute. Of all the old PBS new reels I've seen I've never noticed a pilot with a short gunto but there may have been 1 carried but also have seen them called "tankers" swords. My guess is they may have been custom ordered according to the owner/wearer. That's all folks. tom it's nice to be important but more important to be nice

thank you Heijoshin for the compliment and info. Actually, I was not going to go to that auction as looking at the matchlock on the online auction site/photo it just looked like a plain jane and usually guns sell for exorbitant prices so I figured driving 2 1/2 hrs one way would not be worth it and I "need" to sell stuff as opposed to buying more !! My now deceased buddy talked me into going and I went and it turned out for the better. He ended up with the other 2 guns I bought that day. And another great note: I asked the auctioneer before the auction start how he would deal with me being from Illinois if I bought a modern or antique firearm. His answer: You buy it you own it ! Pay for it and take it home ! Needless to say, this was a answer I never expected but was very happy to hear. Had this been sold in Illinois I would have had to pay $15 or more to register the gun, depending on the FFL dealer and then wait 3 days to return to pick up the firearm. So this matchlock may have been made in the late 17th C or into the early 18th C you think Heijoshin ? I am not at all versed in matchlocks but do remember back in the 70-80's seeing some of those wall cannons and a fellow Dick Dodge out of California always had various long , short, skinny, fat matchlocks. Dick passed some years back but was a very likable fellow and I believe his specialty was matchlocks as he never had much in the way of blades. And are matchlock signatures pretty much legit or are there "gimei" as in the sword signatures ? Even though I like this pc I am selling it and asking $2900. At 77 , I have no one and I mean NO ONE in my little world who has the slightest interest in my collection nor any idea as to value either. They would not know a gunto from a kokuho ! I might not either !! Have been to the Yasukuni Shrine/museum but was a few years back and never took notice of the matchlock/s but scheduled to go to Japan in a couple months. So, if the trip is not canceled I will go to the Yushukan and ck out the items once again. thanks again fellow, for your info.

SEARCHED FOR SWORDS FOR YEARS AND DID COME UP WITH 3 MATCHLOCK RIFLES BUT NEVER A PISTOL UNTIL SEPT 2018. WENT TO A AUCTION IN MISSOURI WHERE ABOUT 50 GUNS WERE BEING SOLD AND ALL HAD BEEN ON A "BAR" WALL FOR 60 OR MORE YEARS. THEY WERE BLACK FROM SMOKE. I COULD SEE A LITTLE INLAY ON THE BARREL SO TOOK A SEAT AND 3 HRS LATER BOUGHT IT ALONG WITH A TURK FLINTLOCK PISTOL AND A NOT SO GREAT EUROPEAN WHEEL-LOCK PISTOL. DID WIPE SOME VINEGAR ON THIS BARREL AND OPENED UP A LOT OF INLAY. RAMROD MISSING AND MOUTH OF ROD INSERT BROKE AWAY AND LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR 100 YRS OR SO. HAS THE TEXTURED BUMPY BRASS WHICH I'VE NOT NOTICED ON MATCHLOCKS BUT ADDS A LITTLE TASTE TO THE DESIGN. BELIEVE INLAY IS THE MYTHOLOGICAL "DAIICHI NYORAI" HOOKING ANOTHER OCTOPUS AS HE HAS 3 ABOVE HIM. ALSO HAS THE AOI -MON VARIATION AND A KANJI 치 ? BARREL SIGNED; 常長作 TSUNENAGA SAKU TOUGH TO FIGURE THIS KANJI - BUT THINK IT IS CORRECT ??

I've a matchlock pistol w/a signed barrel and neat inlay but not sure how to attach pics ? don't know how to do URL ?

A BEAUTIFUL WW2 Japanese NCO SAMURAI SWORD W/MATCHING #'S. NUMBERS ON SCABBARD LITTLE DIFFICULT AS PAINT IS SO THICK IT ALMOST FILLS IN THE STAMP !! BUT BELIEVE ME THIS IS A MATCHING PAIR. HAD THE SWORD FOR OVER 30YRS AND TIME TO MOVE IT - I'VE NEVER CLEANED THE COSMOLINE OFF BLADE AND IS AS THE GI PUT IT ON BEFORE BRINGING IT HOME. SCABBARD, BLADE, HANDLE AND TASSEL ARE ABOUT AS GOOD AS U'RE GONNA FIND. BLADE LENGTH; 26 3/8" or 67cm HAVE TOTAL OF 6 NCO'S LISTED ALONG WITH MY BUDDY KRAIG LIST. NOTE; THIS NCO SWORD VARIATION #1 SHOWN /EXPLAINED IN DAWSON'S REF BOOK PAGE 202

A "LAST DITCH' NCO SWORD AS ACQUIRED FROM A VET'S ESTATE YEARS AGO (80's) AND HAS NEVER BEEN OFFERED FROM MY COLLECTION UNTIL NOW. OD WOOD SCABBARD BLACK PAINTED STEEL MOUTH AND DRAG. BLADE IS NEAR EXCELLENT BUT SERIAL # A LITTLE BURGERED 300850 BUT LOOKS LIKE 3CC850 and THE 3 HAS BEEN OVER-STRUCK. NOTE: DAWSON'S BOOK PAGE 203 NOTES THIS "WOOD HANDLED VARIATION #2 HAS NO SERIAL# ON SCABBARD AND MANY JINSEN 3XX,XXX SERIES HAS #3 OVERSTRIKE. NICE WOOD CHECKERED HANDLE. NOT SURE THIS SWORD MADE IT TO THE BATTLEFIELD BUT IT WAS A ARMY VET'S SOUVENIR/TROPHY FROM WW2. BLADE LENGTH; 26 3/8" or 67cm NO SERIAL # ON SCABBARD MOUTH NO ARSENAL MARKINGS ON FERRULE SERIAL # STAMPED ON BLADE IS ALL I SEE.

A BEAUTIFUL WW2 Japanese NCO SAMURAI SWORD W/MATCHING #'S. NUMBERS ON SCABBARD LITTLE DIFFICULT AS PAINT IS SO THICK IT ALMOST FILLS IN THE STAMP !! BUT BELIEVE ME THIS IS A MATCHING PAIR. HAD THE SWORD FOR OVER 30YRS AND TIME TO MOVE IT - I'VE NEVER CLEANED THE COSMOLINE OFF BLADE AND IS AS THE GI PUT IT ON BEFORE BRINGING IT HOME. SCABBARD, BLADE, HANDLE AND TASSEL ARE ABOUT AS GOOD AS U'RE GONNA FIND. BLADE LENGTH; 26 3/8" or 67cm NOTE; THIS NCO SWORD VARIATION #1 SHOWN /EXPLAINED IN DAWSON'S REF BOOK PAGE 202

THIS IS A REAL NICE IJA NCO SWORD WITH MATCHING #'S. HANDLE IS EXCELLENT , SCABBARD IS 99% WITH VERY SMALL DING NEAR BOTTOM. . fuchi has the MARKINGS' 岐 GI (GIFU 名 NA (NAGOYA ARSENAL DEPT OF CONTROL) AND 4 CIRCLES (KOISHIKAWA , TOKYO AND/OR KOKURA ARSENAL)岐 名

3 - 21 NISHIMOTO KENZO (not sure what the 3-21 but Nishimoto Kenzo is a personal name. Nishimoto being family name. probably house or block # not sure .

was told I was discussed on this forum and I will respond to those comments. My name is Tom Winter, 72yrs old and live in Illinois. Spent 5 yrs in Japan during the 1960's serving in the USAF at which time I studied a little Japanese. That little bit of knowledge has helped tremendously in buying/collecting Samurai swords since my first purchase of 2 at a public auction in 1973. Have been attending the Chicago TokenKai since 1975 and "was" a long time member of the JSSUS and NBTHK - also the Southern Calif club and met ol Willis Hawley in 1974 -sat right in his house looking at swords that I knew very little about but did go away with his 2volume set of swordsmiths and Sword & Same books. I just spent 3 wonderful weeks in Japan traveling extensively and attended the DaiTokenIchi show in Shinbashi. Returning home Nov 5th to 300 emails and seeing the sold & payment for the bird head tachi, I immediately returned the payment to Stefano and apologized as I had sold the sword and forgotten to unschedule it - MY MISTAKE. Stefano was rightfully upset and threatened neg feedback and to inform this forum - which he did. I am sure Stefano is a perfect human being and has never made a mistake unfortunately I have made many in my life time and probably will make a few more b4 I pass. If this is the worst that happens to Stefano , he can consider himself extremely lucky. As for the fellow w/all my ID's - you can add this to the list "62702" 2467 pos feedbacks and between these ID's the only neg I have ever rec'd is this from Stefano. Ironically the first time I was stiffed was by a Italian buyer who wanted his Japanese helmet sent cheapest way - 1st class - said he never rec'd it and even though I had all the receipts, customs forms ebay ruled in his favor as I had NO DELIVERY CONFIRMATION. I cursed a lot but learned a lesson as from that pt on any item going foreign would be Express or Registered Mail. Then there is the South Manchurian RR tachi - Well, I have never seen another except the one pictured in Jim Dawson's book and so obviously a lot of folks are very opinionated as to the value. Show me some sold prices the way this was discussed there must be truck loads out there selling. We are not talking Juyo or Art swords but a super rare Military /Civilian WW2 era collectible. How many were made ? 25-50-100 - and for whom? high ranking Japanese Military/Civilians - Chinese collaborators -military or civilian ?? I have NO idea and no reference book that I know of has any answers. When copper handled NCO swords sell for upwards of 4-5G's I don't think it outrageous to ask x's for a extremely rare S M RR tachi in near mint condition. I have had a 5 digit offer just not the right 5 digits for me at this time but if the guy comes thru it will be going to China(the new rich). I sold my Manchurian Senior Officer's Dirk (super rare also) for 5 digits and I and a European collector are both very satisfied w/the transaction and just sold a pr of Nazi paratrooper boots for $5300+ w/NO JUYO or even HOZEN papers !! It's a real big world out there and lots of $$ floating around and lots of collecters willing to pay for extremely rare military & other type collectibles. If I were younger I would not be selling but no one in my family has any interest/knowledge of my collection so I need to be passing these on to the next caretaker. As for my Nihonto collection Christie's London had sent 2 fine gentlemen to my home back in 2012 for partial appraisal (75 of 250 swords) and all I have to do is give the word and the collection will be sold in London. I always told myself that at 70 I'd sell but here I am at 72 and it's more difficult then I thought to part w/these beautiful Juyo, Tokubetsu hozon one-of-a-kind works of art (kinda like one's children after all these years) ! Well, I do not normally partake in forum's of this type but just wanted to give my side of the eBay transaction - and one nice thing about eBay - if you dislike me and/or my listings ALL YA HAVE TO DO IS CHANGE THE CHANNEL !!! PS; I don't care all that much for eBay either and if more sellers were in my position eBay would be shut down yesterday until they started treating sellers & buyers equally but I realize there are good & bad on both sides.