Stoney Posted June 1, 2013 Report Posted June 1, 2013 Hi, I recently bought this sword. I would like to know the swordsmith if possible, but also this sword rests on its spine when worn as opposed to my other WW2 gunto which is worn blade down. Cheers Chad. Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted June 1, 2013 Report Posted June 1, 2013 http://www.l-wise.co.jp/super-jsa/aucti ... ode=detail Does this help? Some swords were worn in older tachi-style, blade edge down, others as katana, edge up. Quote
Brian Posted June 2, 2013 Report Posted June 2, 2013 Piers, Translating a Japanese mei into Japanese? Maybe not. As for the direction of the suspension hook..I cannot explain that either. That is not the normal way for a sword to be worn during WW2. Perhaps personal preference, or they just mounted the hanger the wrong way round and left it like that? For most rules, there is an exception somewhere. Brian Quote
k morita Posted June 2, 2013 Report Posted June 2, 2013 Hi, The mei is "Inoue(family name, i-no-u-e) Sketsugu", sword smith in Seki,WWII period. 井上 祐継 Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted June 2, 2013 Report Posted June 2, 2013 Often in the jungle during WWII swords were worn slung across the back. Quote
Stoney Posted June 2, 2013 Author Report Posted June 2, 2013 Thankyou everyone for your help. Sorry for the late response Piers, I sort of didnt know what I was looking at with the link you provided. The hanger on the sword must have been designed to be worn that way as the leather field cover cannot fit otherwise. But its the only gunto I have ever seen worn that way. Also thankyou Brian.Stephen and Morita. Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted June 3, 2013 Report Posted June 3, 2013 Chad, my bad, apologies (thanks Brian) and you are totally forgiven. :lol: Actually I used a cheat method for this and covered up my own tracks. I was able to read Inoue 井上 and the next character 祐 Suke but I wasn't sure on the reading of the last Kanji, so I added katana 刀 and popped these Kanji into the URL window above. Within seconds several references had come up, including the link above and the correct reading of your smith's name. Easy peasy. I thought it would spoil the fun to give the final answer. Quote
Guido Posted June 3, 2013 Report Posted June 3, 2013 Often in the jungle during WWII swords were worn slung across the back.But in that case the regular placement would make more sense, wouldn't it? Quote
Brian Posted June 3, 2013 Report Posted June 3, 2013 That's what I thought. Maybe there is just no explanation in this case. Brian Quote
Baka Gaijin Posted June 3, 2013 Report Posted June 3, 2013 Good evening all, If you look on most Officers belts, there is a regain position hook, if you hang it from that it makes running with the sword almost on the horizontal, with the left hand controlling the saya/tsuba area....just a thought. Cheers Quote
Stoney Posted June 4, 2013 Author Report Posted June 4, 2013 I have scoured the internet and also my war reference books but as yet I cannot find a reason or a pic or reference to a gunto being worn in this method. There must be a reason or an example. It cant be the only one. Quote
Baka Gaijin Posted June 4, 2013 Report Posted June 4, 2013 Good afternoon Chad, If I recall correctly, there is an illustration of an Officer's Belt in Military Swords of Japan 1868-1945: Richard Fuller, Ron Gregory - showing a leather tube like slot for the Gunto to be worn edge up,on the hip so to speak. Cheers Quote
Stoney Posted June 5, 2013 Author Report Posted June 5, 2013 Ok, thanks Malcolm, I dont have that book but I will try to find the photo. Thanks again. Quote
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