Mumei WW2 era? lots of photos

[Robbin]

ATTN moderators, apologies it seems I missed the "Military Swords of Japan" section! Possible to relocate this thread?

Hi all, don't know too much about these, but thought you might enjoy another photo essay. Not likely a masterpiece but still a piece of history I reckon.  I did replace the mekugi with one from a kit, the original was almost nonexistant, just a thin bent scrap that wasn't doing much. No markings or stamps anywhere that I could find. Some pics are before cleaning, some are after. And don't worry I did not clean the nakago and the file pictured was never near the blade (only used the file to shape the new mekugi a bit).  Cheers

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[Bruce Pennington]

Nice gunto Lanegan!  The fat seppa and silver over-lay habaki are signs of a custom upgrade for a Type 98.  The owner spent a little more money on this than standard.

 

Thanks for sharing!

[PNSSHOGUN]

The blade looks typical for Taisho/early Showa work, hard to tell for sure but looks non-traditional in some way.

[ROKUJURO]

Lanegan,

MEKUGI is the bamboo peg that secures the blade in the TSUKA. Do you refer to the clip?

[Robbin]

6 hours ago, ROKUJURO said:

Lanegan,

MEKUGI is the bamboo peg that secures the blade in the TSUKA. Do you refer to the clip?

Thanks, Jean, I was talking about the bamboo peg, yes.  I had to shape it a bit for good fit (new one).