type 19 kyu gunto dress swords, i love them.

[Scogg]

General grade saber arrived today. Excited to round out my collection of these. The general grade saber is very standard, not sharp, no mon, but it has that SA stamp, and some other unusual markings around where the blade enters the guard. 

 

From left to right:

General Grade Dress Sword.

Field Grade with straight imported blade.

Company Grade with sharpened blade. 
 

Best,

-Sam

[Conway]

Nice find! I assume those numbers are for assembly purposes. I’ve seen katakana and Arabic numerals used too and on the ricasso sometimes.

 

[PNSSHOGUN]

Nice collection, now the hard part is a general grade knot or tassel! You could use a generic black field knot too, there are plenty of photos showing General officers using those in the field. 

[Scogg]

A general grade knot would be the cherry on top. It's always hard to justify when I can get a whole sword for similar prices 

I have two company grade sword knots (One seen on my saber, the other is near-mint condition in-box) and also a field grade knot that's near-mint condition and also in-box. 

All three knots in-box would be really cool to have alongside these sabers.
Maybe someday!
-Sam

[Bruce Pennington]

Thanks for posting the SA shot!  I have one other, and it's on a naval Type 19.  So that shop made them for both services, clearly.

[MononobeNoTachi]

It really is one the nicest examples I've seen of a kyu gunto of that grade. 

[Kantaro]

Was following this auction on Jauce;

 

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The interest in this Item was higher then I suspected...wonder why?

Edited March 20 by Kantaro

[Conway]

Pretty rough shape, but it has threaded sakura and a hole in the same for a mekugi. Someone thinks they can clean up the verdigris apparently.

[Bruce Pennington]

Might be a cheaper way to own a General Officer tsuka (and nakago).