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Hi I do not want to be a "bad tongue" also because I like jason's wakizashi, but isn't the back of the mune a bit small? I have been told that when the back of the mune is almost on the same line than the nakago, it could mean a quite tired sword. Is anyone know something about that? Thanks

Hi David, I like the way you think about picking a good sword. I fully agree on any point.

Once again, the nakago looks like a typical late war pattern Type showato. The swords seems to have been shortenes, repolished to fit this older wakizashi koshirae. These king of WW2 swords were laminated not hand forged, so why would one find a hagire? Just asking...

Looks like a shortened and repolished Type 3 remounted in edo period wakizashi koshirae to me.

Hi Agripino, Just send photos, no need to give such a long description.

He contacted me also about the gendaito Amahide I am looking for. I asked for close up, but I have no reply from him since that. I guess this particular sword is hard to find, even pics are, he could not find any pics to lure me and gave up. Poor guy(s)

Sublime! Quinee, try to shot the same pictures of your sword.

What a beautifull sword, Chris.

Maybe just send the sword to a togishi in order to remove the fake signature, and repatinate the nakago. Do not if it is possible? For sure it will cost you less than a full polish.

Jason, Do you already know to whom you will send your sword for polish? Any idea of its cost?

Same sword? viewtopic.php?f=9&t=6550&hilit=alaen

I hate when they do that!

The two last pics are really really weird. Furthermore the seller is selling the parts separately, which is sad to me.

Kane...something.

Sorry to ask, but what torokusho is?

Yes

Thanks! I did not know this website before. http://www.ksky.ne.jp/~sumie99/sunobe.html When it says about SUNOBE, made "from one block of modern steel without fold welding", does that mean absence of core steel?

Thank you so much for your answers. This website is really interesting but translation is quite strange to me, the presentation could be a bit improved also! About the presence or lack of a core steel, what do you understand? This part is entirely written in Japanese!

Dear all, I came across this page about sunobe-to and I am quite interested to understand it, specialy because I have the same sword taken as an example. I do not read Japanese and do not understand very well the english translation .Furthermore, a part of the explanation about sunobe-to is mixed between Japanese and english texts. Can anybody help me please? http://www.h4.dion.ne.jp/~t-ohmura/gunto_118.htm Thanks a lot.

Hi, If it is the one which was for sell recently on Ebay, I think I have seen it and beleive it is a chinese katana. I might be wrong as late war swords are easy to copy due to their often poor quality, it could be difficult sometime to say for sure: guenine late war or late war replica. The name "SGT SHULTS" written in big fresh black characters, appeared suspicious to me. Do you have the photos?

I know a guy who sent his gunto to Fred Lohman cie a couple of months ago, for complete restoration. Blade was polished and wooden liner has been changed but, this person told me the same thing about rust appearing quickly. If I remember well, the fresh rust was already there when he unpacked the box.

Thanks Paul. I understand what you said. But does anybody know if a freshly polished blade has any kind of chance to rust(even a very very little) if stored directly in a brand new shirasaya without being oiled before? In other words, does a new shirasya is 100% safe, clean and hermetic enought for a newly polished blade, to avoid the use of oil, even during the first months? That would be interesting to know.

Yes but if you do put oil on the new polished blade and then put this oiled blade in the new shirasaya, month after month the old accumulated oil will make dirty the inside of the shirasaya. So at the end, your shirasaya will be as contaminated as the original saya, won't it be? Also, is it really necessary to oil the freshly polished blade if you put it directly in its new shirasaya? I am not asserting anything, just asking....but to me oil should not be in contact with the inside of the shirasaya.

I really think you can easily find much better and probably at almost the same price. Yes parts do not match and there is a risk that every parts do not fit very well together. the saya has lost many of the original paint, the tsuba is awful even if it is old.The blade looks older that ww2 but unless you really want an old blade you will find many more decent gunto on Evilbay or from Mark who is a member of this board. Of course if the mei is a big name and not mumei, and also if the blade has no fatal kizu, go ahead. Just my very humble newbie opinion.

This man provide high quality polishing service in France, a real expert. Mr Jean Claude DUSEHU dusehu.jeanclaude@free.fr http://gargas.biomedicale.univ-paris5.f ... on-to.html You can send him your swords with confidence.