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  1. I actually just found more info on this book right after posting this in Gerys for sale library lol. Looks like my kind of book! Next payday it shall be mine! Thanks! Dom..
  2. As I continue to expand my Gunto book collection I ran across this book today on Amazon. While I'm sure it's no Dawson. How does the book hold up?? https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Japanese-Swords-Beginning-Gendaito/dp/150777012X Thank you Dominic..
  3. Nice one Bruce!!!! I have a Tokyo stamped one on Layaway right now with a seller. I can't wait! I too share your love of guntos !!
  4. This was the most depressing thing I've read in along time!!! I was thinking of leaving my stuff to a museum but now I'm unsure . Damn I'm super bummed out. But as Charle1 said I'm only 28 but the high cost of some blades really hurt new collectors. But we're trying! Also would a Japanese museum take better care of the older non-Gunto swords better than the US museums since there's more of a historical connection ?
  5. A possible Vietnamese build Japanese Gunto ... I don't really know what to make of this one .. I leave it for you guys http://www.swordsantiqueweapons.com/s1846_full.html
  6. So the more I look into the world of Japanese sword collection.. In the military camp of collectors.. What is allowed and abosolutly not allowed in preserving your sword concerning two parts...how to deal with cracks or splits in wood sayas and the proper way to care for leather cover guntos. I happen to love the way they look but most are always sadly in poor condition. Now I've read some threads and it would seem that the proper way to preserve swords with cracked or splitting sayas is to use Rice glue for the wood repair. As for leather care .. This one seems tricky.. I've read were the use of Saddle soap is Ok as long is it dose not have mineral oil or vaseline in the mix. Now I know and understand those say thing should be left as is and I'm all on board with that..but at the same time preserving also means maintaining .. .. So would using saddle soap or the like qualify as proper matinace for leather WWII swords??
  7. Dang Steve thats awesome! I never knew this, What a great read! Thank you! Suprising we havnt found anything from the philippines? I would have thougjt after the Japanese captured it, that there would have had been enough modern machinery there for at least some type of production.
  8. Wow! Nice work Stegel!! Its intersting to see that the diffrences in quality and the diffrent types! I wonder how may swords out there that have been seen as chinese junk, actully have some really historical value< I use the word value loosely. Also I always forget as like id assume most americans that in some south east asian countries the japaese were viewed as liberatiors. Especially in indonesia under Japans Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.. were japans routing of Dutch and British forces was greatly welcomed and thus gave rise to groups like the Indonesian Pembela Tanah Air ground forces. Also here is a blade that is supposedly from Java but thats still up for debate it looks like..http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/Japanese-militaria/appraisal-some-Japanese-swords-please-sword-number-3-a-398208-2/ Also this, http://badikpusaka.blogspot.com/2014/01/my-katana-sword-from-peta-warriorheiho.html I think this has sprouted into a very interesting thread!
  9. Also is the last Nco types you speak of Steve, do you mean the wrapped handle and the White handle types?
  10. There is this sword.. its supposedly Japanese, either super late war, foreign war time made, or a fake and this guy is wrong.. either way have a look...http://quanonline.com/military/military_reference/Japanese/sword8.php I did find this thread on the same sword, the the consensis is there Manchurian made for Japanese troops in China..http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/Japanese-militaria/ww2-sword-305490-2/
  11. Sweet! Thank you Bruce for making the time and photo copies! I do not have this book but i have seen it! I shall add it to my books to get list. How acurate is his book? I would have never had thought Java would be a place of production... very interesting!
  12. Among my many hobbies one of them is collecting Japanese bayonets. Now as far as bayonets, there are at least two arsenals that were under Japanese control that were pressed into war time production outside of Japan. These were Jinsen in Korea and Mukden in Manchuria. Now in my first post someone had mentioned that one of the later war swords that I was looking at might of had parts made from an occupied area like the phillipines or elsewhere. However I have not found any info on occupied swords or sword part production. Now I cant see any blades being made outside of Japan, but maybe parts? Has anyone ever come across any published material or pdfs or links on if there was any Japanese sword production outside of Japan?
  13. Sweet!!!! Thank you guys!!!! Grey I'll be looking threw your site for sure!!
  14. Wow! That is one high priced book!!! Well I guess I'll start saving! Dominic
  15. So I'm looking for a good book with some great illustrations much like this book http://m.ebay.com/itm/281201846584?_mwBanner=1the problem is that it seems like alot of the good books are in Japanese and sadly my Japanese is horrible lol what is the best book with some great professional photography in it? I bought Jims Dawson's book for Japanese modern military swords.. Is there a like book for the Edo and old swords? What do you recommend?? Thank you! Dominic
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