yasukuni-to fans look away now

[lonely panet]

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[Brian]

[Bruce Pennington]

Interesting to see this, because it does not have the Kikusui as we were discussing it on another thread.

[MarcoUdin]

I think you're confusing this Bruce with a blade from Minatogawa shrine. Yasukuni-to don't typically have kikusui on it

[Volker62]

my eyes bleeds at this sight

[Volker62]

6 Month before Yasuhiro switched to Okura Taren jo

 

 

sad

 

 

 

[Leen]

You knew we where going to watch……awfull sight

[lonely panet]

its like a nihonto sadomodernism. 

[Kolekt-To]

Some surrendering Japanese officers snapped their blades in half in an act of defiance. Is that likely what occurred here?

[Brian]

Nope. A sword that turned up unregistered in Japan, so illegal. Many don't bother with the laborious process of trying to get them registered, so they cut them and sell the koshirae. Many dealers find swords in their wanderings and also cut them. They are mostly under the impression that all military swords are illegal, and there is not much info about Gendaito and the fact that they can be legalized.
Sometimes it's the police that cut them. Either way...it's modern done.

[Bruce Pennington]

It looks cut to me

[Kolekt-To]

Well, that is sad, indeed. If it came from a surrendering officer there would, at least, be a better story behind it.