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    Thanks for the information
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    Looks like it's a "Nihontou Gendaito", so that is not quite your typical nihonto, is it?
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    Paradoxically, I think these end-of-war NCO swords look much better and closer to late war officers' swords than earlier NCO swords did. Congratulations for this great find!
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    In the same way as a military rifle isn't considered "complete" without an original sling, I would tend to think that no sword is complete without the appropriate tassel, but that is only my take on the subject, nothing more, and I am no expert in the field of Japanese swords.
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    I know for sure that some Frenchmen were beheaded by the Japanese in Indochina during the war, but I can't tell whether this was Mr Gautier's case.
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    This, I am sure, will be a sorry sight for most of you on here, but it shows how neglected WW2 Japanese military swords can be in museums.
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    A beautiful kai-gunto, that would surely deserve some closer shots. Thanks for sharing! Didier
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    Yes, but the sad thing is that someone bought it (literally and figuratively!) for close to $900 or more!
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    A beautiful blade with a great historical background - congratulations, John!
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    The seller had stipulated a minimum bid of 850€ ($878!) for that sword, which made it somewhat more valuable in the eyes of the present highest bidder, who is willing to pay that kind of money (and maybe much more!) for such a piece of cheap Chinese crap
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    This 'sword' is definitely sold as a traditionally made blade with a hada and a 'beautiful' hamon. The seller calls it a Japanese (sorry: Japannese!) Navy sword, not a Chinese copy, which is highly misleading and dishonest.
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    Well, the fact is that there have been bids on that thing, and that it is now worth a staggering 810€!
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    That is assuredly a good way of making your genuinely authentic gunto much more valuable!
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    Here is something you won't see every day: enjoy! https://www.naturabu...2-item-12989895.html By the way, the seller can't even spell 'japonais' correctly...
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    I don't understand why the seppa is pierced (and probably the tsuba, too) if there is no tsuka latch - isn't there a possibility this is a put together koshirae?
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    That's right.
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    That is indeed a beautiful collection, but they're all gendaito, aren't they? My Masatsugu gunto/gendaito reached the polisher yesterday - he phoned me because he was surprised by the shape of the sword and immediately realised it was not a mere gunto, hence my assumption that there is some kind of typical gunto shape as opposed to more traditional blades.
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    Thank you very much for all your input The reason why I asked in the first place was because Leon and Hiroko Kapp & Leo Monson mention 'a typical army or gunto shape' in their book (Modern Japanese Swords: The Beginning of the Gendaito Era), so my assumption was there must have been some kind of standard shape for gunto blades.
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    As I looked at two of my gunto side by side, I noticed that the one that is supposed to be a gendaito has a somewhat stouter and shorter blade with a deeper sori whereas the Seki-stamped gunto is not as thick and has a straighter blade - do you know whether there was a standard gunto shape as opposed to less conventional blades? The Masatsugu sword is on its way to the polisher's at the moment, so it will be months before I see it again. Hopefully the polish will live up to my expectations!
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    Yes, Jean, this is what I had thought: try as I may, I couldn't get the kanji to match - they're a different hand altogether.
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    @Bruce Pennington There seems to be some confusion (at least from my point of view) as regards machine-made Showato - I take it that the majority of gunto smiths used machines during the sword-making process, but, the question I would like to ask is was there such a thing as a completely machine made Showato?
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    As is often the case, the blade was sharpened in an awkward way, which resulted in the blurring of what few features would have still been visible.
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    I finally got around to taking some photographs of the blade, but, if this gunto is indeed a gendaito, you will see just how disappointing they are. The only part of this blade which is worth looking at is the nakago.
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