Airborne Sarute

[Bruce Pennington]

27 minutes ago, PNSSHOGUN said:

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Have you seen that leaf design before, John?

[PNSSHOGUN]

Looks like a mistake in the casting.

[PNSSHOGUN]

The airborne Sarute would appear to be derived from this fancy clasped hands variant. You can see how crude the airborne one is by comparison.

 

 

Warrelics example:

[Conway S]

I saw this one on eBay last week. There are no straight-on photos of the sarute, just the side profile. The mei looks like Kanesada 兼定, but I could be wrong. I initially saw the one Bruce posted then popped over to this thread for more information. Then I found this one later in the day. 

 

Conway

WW2 Japanese Army officers sword signed blade measures Approx 27 inches

 

 

[John C]

This one is interesting. Claims to be a paratrooper sword based on the sarute. Wants 4,500.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/126127983975?hash=item1d5dd04d67:g:TMAAAOSw3OdlIfiY&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwD87uaYXiuVHI6N3Vz8pzwFEEin%2Fk8a8f2JLoWpQCjLwgrVPKBXqTVPrg932r5Z3dlvAfYfdVd2iChOoO0f%2FZpc%2BXCcCbZgmMw5%2FycDDI3gn71YzE5AHlnVOdoUk1SVZEtQF4X6aVxaRaNyuTCkJjZJIBRN6hc2an0kuHXzA9YLvw7G0HjLui1haNpQoJufZYtFm9qlHB2rXiUAepfiYHXba6nf5hRjhnMth71X3lvxRbE%2Bt2Wh5U4WGNQU2bXqpuw%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR-CShqbtYg

 

John C.

[Ian B3HR2UH]

These were being faked so a purchaser would be taking a huge risk buying this on the strength of a sarute . I have seen one real one in fifty years !

Ian Brooks

[Bruce Pennington]

Here is one on a kaigunto, posted by @Ian B3HR2UH for a friend on this thread: 

[PNSSHOGUN]

One more: https://page.auction.../auction/n1120338686

 

[Bruce Pennington]

This one is posted by @drb 1643 over on this Gunboards Thread and has a nice patina that matches the kabutogane.

[PNSSHOGUN]

There's one on a Tsuka for sale here: