Type 95 Gunto Worksheet

[robinalexander]

This could be a start...is that pre-ignition I can hear? 

[Scogg]

Maybe some pre-ignition . I began this project as my own personal study guide and reference material; but it's evolved into something a bit bigger. Since we've started a new page now, below are the patterns that I still need good images of. Hoping to get donated images from peoples personal collections so I don't have to reuse images from internet listings.

Slowly but surely getting there. 
-Sam 

 

Copper Tsuka Initial Pattern:
Pattern 1 = Copper handle - 11mm Brass tsuba - Offset ito at fuchi - Cap but no drag on saya.
Aluminum Tsuka Patterns:
*Pattern 2a =  Aluminum handle - 9mm? Brass tsuba - Offset ito - punctured ito. SUYA, 東 .*
*Pattern 2b = Aluminum handle - 9mm? Brass tsuba - Offset ito - adjusted ito around mekugi. GIFU, 名. *
Pattern 2 = Aluminium handle - 9mm Brass tsuba - Mirrored ito.
Pattern 3 = Aluminium handle - Steel tsuba - With/without bohi(rare without) - Mirrored ito.

*Pattern 3a = Aluminum handle - Top latch steel tsuba  but with side latch cutout - mirrored ito.
Pattern 4 = Aluminium handle - Steel tsuba - Side latch - Mirrored ito.
Wooden or Ito Tsuka, “Last ditch” Late War Patterns:
Pattern 5 = Wooden handle - Steel Tsuba - Side Latch - With(rare with)/Without bohi - Steel saya.
Pattern 6 = Wooden handle - Steel Tsuba - Side Latch - Without Bohi - Wooden saya.
Pattern 7 = Wooden ring handle - Steel Tsuba - Without Bohi - Side Latch - No serial numbers.
Pattern 8 = Ito wrapped handle - Steel Tsuba - Without Bohi - Side Latch - No serial numbers.

[Bruce Pennington]

Sam,

I have a copper and a Pattern 5, both back in Colorado (I'm in CA until January).  If you don't get the shots you need before then, I'll get some to you.  I have some pics on my laptop, but they're not as good as you'd like for your work.

[Scogg]

28 minutes ago, Bruce Pennington said:

Sam,

I have a copper and a Pattern 5, both back in Colorado (I'm in CA until January).  If you don't get the shots you need before then, I'll get some to you.  I have some pics on my laptop, but they're not as good as you'd like for your work.

Thanks, Bruce! 

That would be a huge help, and get me over that halfway point.

I'll bug ya in January about it 
-Sam

[Kiipu]

5 hours ago, Scogg said:

Pattern 7 = Wooden ring handle

Pattern 8 = Ito wrapped handle

 

These are not Type 95s but a variant Type 100 for officers unique to Jinsen Arsenal.  They have a unique serial number stamped on the tang.  Also, the order is reversed as regards introduction.

Questions about "late war", NCO swords

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Short Development History of Type 95 Gunto, Post #239

[Scogg]

1 minute ago, Kiipu said:

 

These are not Type 95s but a variant Type 100 for officers unique to Jinsen Arsenal.  They have a unique serial number stamped on the tang.  Also, the order is reversed as regards introduction.

Questions about "late war", NCO swords

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Short Development History of Type 95 Gunto, Post #239

Thank you Thomas @Kiipu, that's a huge relief actually. Makes a lot of sense, as they don't really "fit" with the rest. 

I was not sure how to catalog those ones anyway, and I encounter them vary rarely.

Phew!
Thank you so much,
-Sam

Updated:
 

Copper Tsuka Initial Pattern:
Pattern 1 = Copper handle - 11mm Brass tsuba - Offset ito at fuchi - Cap but no drag on saya.
Aluminum Tsuka Patterns:
*Pattern 2a =  Aluminum handle - 9mm? Brass tsuba - Offset ito - punctured ito. SUYA, 東 .*
*Pattern 2b = Aluminum handle - 9mm? Brass tsuba - Offset ito - adjusted ito around mekugi. GIFU, 名. *
Pattern 2 = Aluminium handle - 9mm Brass tsuba - Mirrored ito.
Pattern 3 = Aluminium handle - Steel tsuba - With/without bohi(rare without) - Mirrored ito.

*Pattern 3a = Aluminum handle - Top latch steel tsuba  but with side latch cutout - mirrored ito.
Pattern 4 = Aluminium handle - Steel tsuba - Side latch - Mirrored ito.
Wooden Tsuka “Last ditch” Late War Patterns:
Pattern 5 = Wooden handle - Steel Tsuba - Side Latch - With(rare with)/Without bohi - Steel saya.
Pattern 6 = Wooden handle - Steel Tsuba - Side Latch - Without Bohi - Wooden saya.

[Kiipu]

Actually, they show up as often as the 300,000 range.

 

A little more about the observed serials on these variant Type 100s that I call the Jinsen Type 5.

Arsenal Stamps.