Something Not Seen

[Stephen]

every day, can you spot it?

 

(ok its been seen so i dont need a long list to prove me wrong,  lol)

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/WW2-Japanese-Katana-Samurai-Sword-w-Leather-Covered-Scabbard-Complete-Original-/262741103879

[dirk marshall]

Kyu Gunto scabbard

[Stephen]

[lonely panet]

looks abit put togeather,

 

Kyu gunto saya, with a push putton clip on a shin gunto tsuka but with a early pattern tsuba made to fit a leather retention clip/strap.??? 

[Shamsy]

With Hamish on that assessment

[Dave R]

 A put together certainly, but when? I have seen some odd assemblages that were wartime legit'.

[Stephen]

I agree Dave, changed over from kyu gunto during war or pre war to "update to current times" so to speak

[lonely panet]

pppwwwwwtttt.

 

they would have done a far better job, with matching the seppa and the correct tsuba.

 

not to mention if they had to make a tsuka and the tsukamaki, they would have gone that one small step to make a new saya.

[Stephen]

Pppppwwwwwtttt, oh the nay sayers, gilded by ebay hacks,   bah humbug!!

[Dave R]

 Officers swords were not issue, they had to pay for their own which is one reason for the re-use of old (Edo) blades. There are a lot of accredited oddities in this field.  Without having the piece in hand I would go no further than saying this is not an impossible combination, I am not so bold as to be confident of an appraisal from just a set of photographs.. Regarding the seppa, they are after all just spacers to make a tsuka a nice fit, eg below.