Brian Posted August 21, 2020 Report Posted August 21, 2020 Shin Gunto owned by an acquaintance. Haven’t seen many Gunto with kanji on the habaki. Anyone assist please? Quote
Tanto54 Posted August 21, 2020 Report Posted August 21, 2020 Hey Brian, hope the back is better! Miyamoto 2 Quote
John A Stuart Posted August 21, 2020 Report Posted August 21, 2020 官本 seems an odd inscription. John Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted August 22, 2020 Report Posted August 22, 2020 A question was raised on another forum about the habaki style being "squared off". I checked my meager collection and all have the extended sides. The only squared off habaki I have is on a post-war souvenir sword. Could this be a sign that the sword was Chinese made? Or were there legit Japanese habaki without the gap at the mune? Pictures of mine. I saw that the Navy habaki have smaller gaps than army, but they are all gapped. Last one is the Souvenir Sword Quote
Babu Posted August 23, 2020 Report Posted August 23, 2020 I have seen habaki that have the notch for habaki Moto inside the habaki hidden, it's just a different interpretation of finish. It's not a wartime thing I've had double habaki with this feature silver foil early Edo period. 1 Quote
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