real gunto?

[samusamu]

thank you for visit

 

i have a katana

and want to know for information

nakago 63 cm

 

please comment for any information

i really appreciate

 

thank you very much

from jakarta. indonesia

[IJASWORDS]

Hi (what is your name ?), gunto means army sword in Japanese. It is not a gunto. This is at best a civilian mounted sword that "may" have been taken to war. Do you know any history of this sword ? 

[samusamu]

halo Mr ijaswords

my name is marselo

 

what a diffrent of gunto and civilian sword?

 

this from grandfather of my wife. him a soldier of deutch

[Stephen]

Pretty close bet with the leather cover n push button release makes it a military sword aka gunto. Family sword taken to war. Blade is very interesting. Shame some one tried adding a mei.

Edited September 29, 2019 by Stephen

[ROKUJURO]

The "MEI" could be a 27 standing on its head.

[samusamu]

thank you Mr stephen

blade is old ya

and why him bring the family sword not a new one blade?

 

thank you Mr roku juro

why see on mei must upside down? and what mean?

[Ray Singer]

As I wrote to you directly some time back, it is not a mei. They are numbers. 2 7

[Ray Singer]

I suggested earlier that they are assembly numbers.

[Stephen]

Because he not have money to buy new.

Honor to carry family sword.

We won't know what he thought.

Mei is 2 7 upside down way you show.

[samusamu]

halo Mr raymondsinger

 

oh ya nice to see you in here

thanks so much for much information

so much history in the katana ya

 

 

thanks Mr stephen

[tbonesullivan]

Are you able to get off the Habaki? That usually protects the blade from a lot of the oxidation, and removing it can provide information about the blade. The transition from blade to tang also can show whether it has been cut down.

[samusamu]

hay Mr tbonesullivan

hay Mr tbonesullivan

 

this is picture

[samusamu]

nagasa is 63 CM

not nakago in my description