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  1. Just saw a Gunto pop up on Aoi Art. It's already got the NBTHK Honzon Certificate so if anyone is looking: https://sword-auction.com/en/product/11057/as09126-刀:神左(保存刀剣)/
  2. Thank you much to everyone. Very interesting first experience with investigating and learning about swords. First time a field striped a a sword too; lol. I am a veteran and still work with the military, so I was very attracted to a gunto for my first sword, but I pulled the trigger so quickly because I was first and foremost attracted to the blade. Anyone have any info on how to get it checked out by a professional? Does anyone think it be worth sending the blade to get NBTHK evaluated? Thanks!
  3. Hey Robin! Does your tsuba have the 1 and 2 stamps as well? Yours does not have the hole for the locking mechanism. Would the Army weapons master be punching these holes at that time? Does anyone know what the circle indents would be for? David, thanks for your opinion. Wondering why the Chinese would reproduce a little known gunto tsuba though,... I will say the underside of the tsuba is smooth feeling around the blade hole. Not sure if that means anything.
  4. It's strange my tsuba has a hole for the utility knife, but the sheath does not. Not sure why this would have been done. Do other gunto have a hole for the utility knife?
  5. Thanks for the welcome. Not sure what the sarute is, but I took it apart and here's the pics. I noted all the seppa and the bottom of the Tsuba have 1 and 2s on them, the fuchi only has a 1, and the locking lever only has a 1. There are no other marks I could find. The blade is mumei. My bad in the date. Doh.
  6. First Post. Hello everyone! My work has me living in Okinawa since last year and I finally got around to visiting a Nihonto dealer. I was really drawn to the Gunto and made a purchase without much research. Figured when in Japan,... hehehe. The dealer told me it's an ancestral blade judged as being made in the bakumatsu period and carried into battle. The dealer did not know the owner or maker. He said it's a family heirloom that was sold. License is from the Fukushima prefecture with a registration date of July 14th 1947. So as I am a total newbie to Nihonto and Gunto, I thought I'd post the pics and see where if I made a mistake or did good. Thanks in advance for your hospitality. -Erick
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