Thoughts on ww2 Japanese double knife set

[samurai1]

If the offer was excepted at $250.00 did someone got a deal ?
 

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/WW2-Japanese-KNIFE-DOUBLE-KNIFE-SET-WITH-SHEATH-/224391321606?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=RuRl1JVPGcEfZRU1PxgWjPV9xxY%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

[JH Lee]

Looks like someone got a very nice deal!

[Grey Doffin]

I think this is something put together late Meiji or maybe after the war, to be sold to western tourist or occupation forces.  The finish on the saya is suspicious and the ko jiri is klunky at best.  It was a bargain only because the price was so low..

But better minds may know better.

Grey

[samurai1]

They never show detail pics of the larger blade just focus small blade. 

[Stephen]

Deal ? No Deal?

 

No deal....Grey explains why.

 

[Baka Gaijin]

Hi guys, out of interest, have a closer look at the Kojiri, imagine it without the applied Pseudo Tokugawa Kamon.

 

Looks like a repurposed Kojiri from a longer Koshirae.

 

I wonder if we are dealing with early Meiji?

 

If so, then this falls into the category of Hama Mono i.e. things from the Port, made up from bits and pieces to be sold to the Tourists.

 

An interesting piece of History nonetheless.

[Bugyotsuji]

The Kozuka looks to have been double bent to fit into a saya... trick of the light?