Ljoconnor Posted August 1, 2022 Report Share Posted August 1, 2022 One more picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ljoconnor Posted August 1, 2022 Report Share Posted August 1, 2022 One more. My first attempt to post pictures. I am not a tech wizard so hopefully this is satisfactory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ljoconnor Posted August 1, 2022 Report Share Posted August 1, 2022 Last one.Thanks! Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisW Posted August 1, 2022 Report Share Posted August 1, 2022 Thanks for sharing! Can you give a theory on how that damage came to be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted August 2, 2022 Report Share Posted August 2, 2022 Well, looks like the blade came through OK though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ljoconnor Posted August 2, 2022 Report Share Posted August 2, 2022 Only thing that I can come up with is it had to be a fragment explosion to put so many dings in the sword and scabbard. I also think there was some type of fire involved with the damage. It looks like the scabbard was burned in my opinion.Bruce the blade was cleaned up by the previous owner. Not quite as good as it looks in the picture. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the sword guys! Larry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinalexander Posted August 18, 2022 Report Share Posted August 18, 2022 Just listed for sale by Dan Griffin (Griffin Militaria)....recorded as .......... Additionally, there is an open channel in the lower scabbard, approximately 11 inches from the base, where a bullet strike opened the scabbard. The sword blade apparently escaped damage from the bullet’s impact. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Gunto Posted September 8, 2022 Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 Type 95 copper handle that caught a strafe from two projectiles in the scabb...the blade is fine indicating it was out and in service during the shooting... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiipu Posted September 30, 2023 Report Share Posted September 30, 2023 Here is one I ran into today. What is "Willie Pete" damage? Weird Idea, A question On blood rust, Post #11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ribendao Posted September 30, 2023 Report Share Posted September 30, 2023 7 minutes ago, Kiipu said: Here is one I ran into today. What is "Willie Pete" damage? Weird Idea, A question On blood rust, Post #11 I believe “willie Pete” refers to white phosphorus. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John C Posted September 30, 2023 Report Share Posted September 30, 2023 Nasty stuff. Reacts with oxygen to burn extremely hot. Pic from Wikipedia. John C. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted October 1, 2023 Report Share Posted October 1, 2023 Posting image in case link ever goes dead: 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted October 1, 2023 Report Share Posted October 1, 2023 6 hours ago, John C said: Pic from Wikipedia. John, Any idea of what type aircraft that was? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PNSSHOGUN Posted October 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2023 Looks like an F4U Corsair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John C Posted October 1, 2023 Report Share Posted October 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Bruce Pennington said: Any idea of what type aircraft that was? Not sure. Pic was supposedly Vietnam era. Does look like a single engine prop. John C. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volker62 Posted October 1, 2023 Report Share Posted October 1, 2023 years ago in my collection private made sword at the Minatogawa river bank by Masataka with embedded shrapnel in its Tsuka 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinalexander Posted October 1, 2023 Report Share Posted October 1, 2023 7 hours ago, Bruce Pennington said: Any idea of what type aircraft that was? Maybe a Douglas A1-Skyraider .......2 x 100 lb white phos ..... ? From 1950 to 1953 in the Korean War and from 1962 to 1975 in Vietnam, the "Sandy," as it was called, served as a mainstay workhorse due to its payload, range and durability. The Air Force acquired it's a-1s from the Navy for counterinsurgency duty in Southeast Asia. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PNSSHOGUN Posted October 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2023 Hi Rob, I think you have it. Corsairs didn't see service in Vietnam (assuming that is the source of the photo). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blacksmith Posted October 3, 2023 Report Share Posted October 3, 2023 I had a Shin-Gunto katana with an old tachi blade, probably Nanbokucho period, that was o-suriage, and made into a katana, and later still into a Shin-Gunto katana. I showed it to Vic Harris at the British Museum, and he agreed on the age of the blade and thought that the blade had perhaps been some 9" (22cm) longer originally. In the mune were two sword cuts, which he also thought were probably put there when it was still a tachi. He was also of the opinion that the blade was probably made in Higo. This was the only sword that I have ever owned that had definite proof of use, and was one of the three swords that I wish I had kept! Russ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winchester Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 Posting to follow and update when I have a chance. I have an old koto blade that I believe was a tachi originally that has a very clear and distinct impact from another sword on the back on the blade. It has had many polishes over the years but each time they kept this intact. I believe 1300s Ietsugu. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 There's a good one posted by @JohnWB HERE Looks like the bullet glanced off the blade. Testimony to the quality of of the blade, I'd say! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 Lots of shrapnel damage on this one: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montrealfan1986 Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 This is a koto blade with some bends from blocking, 500 year old battle scars. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 I know almost nothing about bending, but I have read a couple times where blades bent when cutting, like beheading. There is a famous confession of a WWII officer who stated that he preferred one sword over another (he said the smith names, but I don't remember them) because one bends when he cuts heads off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chgruener Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 Battle damaged “Copper Handle” Type 95 NCO sword. Struck 3 times, once on the tsuka, twice on the scabbard, with one passing through the scabbard and the blade. Interesting to see that the piece of shrapnel that struck lowest was soft enough to form the scabbard to the blade, making an impression of the fuller. Pretty neat example. If you like of the damage, the sword has to be drawn about half an inch, clear of the catch. I would assume that it was being drawn or placed back inside at the time it was damaged. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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