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ROKUJURO Posted June 29 Report Share Posted June 29 Dawid, there is no such thing as an "original WWII TANTO". What troops could it have been made for? Instead, this is a non-Japanese weapon, made quite recently. The TSUKA-ITO is dead wrong (material and wrapping technique) as is the rest. Sorry for you if you bought it! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PNSSHOGUN Posted June 29 Report Share Posted June 29 At very best it is a so called "Island sword" made during the war for indigenous troops under Japanese control, at worst an outright chinese fake. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave R Posted June 29 Report Share Posted June 29 I think it's a fake, probably not even Chinese. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matsunoki Posted June 29 Report Share Posted June 29 Don’t know……is that a faint hamon I see just above the habaki in 4th image? Section of an old gunto repurposed/ tarted up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vajo Posted June 29 Report Share Posted June 29 Looks like Fake. Can you show the nakago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted June 29 Report Share Posted June 29 2 hours ago, Matsunoki said: Don’t know……is that a faint hamon I see just above the habaki in 4th image? Section of an old gunto repurposed/ tarted up? It does appear to have been hardened. Agree with John on this. Seeing the nakago might give us important clues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROKUJURO Posted June 29 Report Share Posted June 29 5 hours ago, Bruce Pennington said: It does appear to have been hardened..... Bruce, I don't think that would make it Japanese. I have the impression that the MACHI of the blade are not on the same level, but to be sure, we would have to see the naked blade. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted June 29 Report Share Posted June 29 I agree with you Jean. Unless it was, like John proposed as a possibility, that it was a broken or post-war cut blade used to make this after-market item. Nothing else is right for a Japanese rig. A view of the machi could prove useful, for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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