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Re-warp the copper and the swords are paid. As i build my house i wanted the gutter in copper. At this time copper was so incredible expensive. The craftsman said to me i should by them in gold it's much cheaper So i choose zinc.

This one Volker? A Tanto Presented To Hitler's Ambassador To Japan, General Eugen Ott (artswords.com)

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Very nice design of tsuba lying on the ground maybe in the dirt of a battlefield? Passing of time?

Sometimes old blades have rests of paintings too on the nakago. I think it was a common practice in all times to mark the swords for the makers of the koshirae.

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Nice sword. Nothing wrong with it.

Its junk...

This is mine Bjorn

Museum Jakarta Perumusan in Indonesia. [INFO KOLEKSI : Katana / Gunto] - Museum Perumusan Naskah Proklamasi (kemdikbud.go.id) Gunto is basically a sword or katana carried by Japanese soldiers especially officers. In the era of acceleration ww2 gunto underwent fabrication for military needs. In the PETA Era many PETA officers had Gunto but the condition was local reproduction because the sanctity or sacredness of the original Katana could only be given by the family for generations or captured by the enemy in war. The findings of this collection are from the Cianjur area

It isn't the question about collection of these crap swords. It is the question are there swords from ww2 or after war. Collecting swords is not a religion. I was allways against this island sword theory. But over the years Bruce, Shamsy, Kippu, Dave and others talk about it, i try to broaden my horizon and try to look over the table. Why not? Japanese army officer's sword | NZHistory, New Zealand history online The shape of that blade is total wrong. If you would offer me that one i would say chinese made after war. But now i must realize that Japanese officer indeed wear such a piece of metal.

If the tsuka had no second hole i would not be afraid that the koshirae wasn't made for the sword. Maybe the first order was type 98 and was changed to type 3? Usually the type3 had 2 mekugi ana. I like the sword.

Thats a really cool looking hell tsuba like from Hieronimus Bosch.

Why should a faker, fake a fantasy Typ98 sword if there are hundred of thousends original Typ98 swords available. Show me the maker site where i can buy the swords above. That is a faker site. New Coming Swords Handmade Officer's Katana Shin Gunto Japanese Samurai Sword (lyuesword.com)

Hamfish it is collector trash. But please, we wan't to find out if these swords were made in the war and worn. It is not from a collectors view. Its from the view of interest of history. Its not from me Steve someone said that these swords were made in papua new guinea. I don't know if its true and i have no evidence about it. Silver plated habaki? Those fittings are not industrial made. They are handmade as i wrote before. No chinese faker take his time to engrave and chissle by hand. Belive what you want. Take your time an compare those - you will see it.

Found another... call was on papua new guinea

This will get interesting now 🙃

Pull out the blade from the "gunto" and look on the nakago. The rest looks like junk for me.

Beautifull collection and sympathic collector. my favorite colours.

The shinogi ji makes a shadow?

He sent me that picture. Looks overall very authentic.

PX Kai Gunto Other civillian koshirae look something more beefy. And Fuchi/Kashira is made from copper not from another metal. So we thought that the Koshirae could made after war from the same company which assambled the PX swords. ---- original sakura blossom civillian employee koshirae.