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well the negative feedback this guy has, should be enough to warn off buyer

personally with the better photos, i have some very serious doubts on this tassel. if it were my money i wouldnt buy it

this is one of the few knots i never got to own, but i have seen them in hand. which is tricky because alittle bit of knowlegde can be dangerous. early Generals knots were bullion knot with a flat tassel, then later moving to a round cord for reasons I can only assume were to the delicate nature and easy to damage related issues. so it appears to be IMHO a Generals grade tassel for a Generals kyu gunto dress sword, due to its shorter length, BUT the base of the knot has me worried abit. some better photos, clearer please. the high price of these means one thing, there's a market for good repros. but I would like more advanced input for a member who has had more experience with this type of knot

What your prepared to pay really. A person who is more interested in IJA swords will be thrilled about the mounts, while another person who'd main focus is nihonto pre Mejia restoration my well be very turned off the umegane and the fact is a mass produced warring statues blade.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/KATANA-Japanese-ANTIQUE-LONG-SWORD-60-6cm-UNSIGNED-WWII-Army-Gunto-Type-98-/142951811827?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=6RyKV7cAKwF%252BDBbdfwj%252FrQw3qSw%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 here is the sale page from the 30th of sept this year

its truly amazing that its survived to be that good looking, after 800 years plus wish my wife looked as good as she did at 21

so your the winner, i was the under bidder , the sellers description was fair and accurate, and the price you won it for was a steal. so please take comfort in knowing you did very well. school?, I would IMHO kizu-uchi either Bizen or mino

the heavy nio guchi may be the result of a post war polish, but if you look closely when they turn it to refect the light, you will see hark peaks and patches a the very top of the (sabon sugi) hamon. very easy to spot, you just don't get that behaviour in water or traditional swords

IMHO, your youtube clips are back to front with there labals. 1, oilie 2, ??? poor lighting maybe traditional or very well made showa

in time, im sure you will. out of pure interest could you please list the blades. regards Hamish

is there any yasukuni-to and mitagowa-to included in your photo??

this is a water quenched showato, notice the lifeless hamon

oilies will have dark patches at the peaks of the hamon IMHO the example here is a showato by nagamura kiyonobu

Mods please delete. Got the concensus that heat damage killed it. No need to waste space on junk.

iv alway said that aswell. a story is a story. and evan if its written by the pervious owner, its still a story. Im just helping out a friend, IMHO I think its holds very little value as a object. just posted this to ask other opinions, as normally I wouldn't take much interest relics like this

ill keep the story basic, for a few reasons. one reason, time blurs real accounts and I don't want to be disrespectful to combat veterans. what i was told was in approx 1945 it was taken/found in Borneo, during a operation called "Balikpapan"??? during the battle, a heavy fortification was torched with Australian flamethrowers and this was taken from a bunker after the battle. iv never seen heat damaged swords before but the tang does have either bullet or shrapnel damage long story short, this sword/relic/rusty stick is for sale. there was a few other swords that I have already moved on for the family.

pretty sure its xxxxking dead, but the damage??

Hi guys, well a old digger has shown me very sad blade today, but it also comes with a story. its abit fantastic, and hard to beleive. so im asking for help on this one. i know the piece is worth very little but the story is interesting. ill keep it to myself until the diagnosis is clear. it involves flame throwers and tunnels, which explains the lack of habaki marks which I can only imagine that melted off with extreme heat. so what you guys think?? rust or heat damage ????? let me know guys. PS its got a bullet hole next to the mekugi

i think is more likely that all the fittings that are missing, were lost as they all fit from the botton of the saya and once you loose the sayajiri /kojiri they could in theory just slind off

Here here. For me the main attraction for IJM swords is the mounts. For me if a item isn't 100% its incorrect. These swords are largely less the 100 years old. So its unacceptable that to be mismatched just for profit. John and Neil have nailed it

a real easy wat to pick a dress sword, if it lacks a mekugi and has a threaded or peined over tang at the base of the tsuka or handle its " Dress" as theres no need to make it rigid enough for fist-icuffs. aussie for fighing

this guy appears to sells more yasukuni-to than were made hahahahha

its not a parade sword, they dont have full nakago. this is a single handed verison of the 1875 army company grade kyu gunto, 99% sure its a machine blade. it appears light because I think its a early transition from the type 8. the very fact there is a hammer and a 4 inch nail scares me abit. if you need advice on anything just ask the NMB

they would have issued IMPERIAL HOUSEHOLD SWORD in that case. which Richard Fuller have you been talking too?? the one at the pub?? cant wait to see these myself too. and why are you getting a jewler to inspect it?? go to your nearest JSSUS club im just gona say cmplete bullshit here

not the wasted money , but the wasted time