Fittings Thread

[Bruce Pennington]

Yes, it is active.  Thanks for the input.

 

Definitely a custom kaigunto.  That would be extremely unusual if both sets of seppa are one piece!  Hard to know from the photos.  i agree with you, the ito might be a re-wrap, as the diamond gaps are smaller than normal.  Seeing how customized the whole rig is, though, leaves the possibility that it was made this way.

[Rawa]

8 hours ago, Bruce Pennington said:

Yes, it is active.  Thanks for the input.

 

Definitely a custom kaigunto.  That would be extremely unusual if both sets of seppa are one piece!  Hard to know from the photos.  i agree with you, the ito might be a re-wrap, as the diamond gaps are smaller than normal.  Seeing how customized the whole rig is, though, leaves the possibility that it was made this way.

Def. not random mix

[Rawa]

On 3/16/2026 at 10:19 AM, Rawa said:

Def. not random mix

Adding another photo. Rising sun washers and semegane are made of white non-magnetic metal which patinated green. It’s white brass?

Edited March 23 by Rawa

[Bruce Pennington]

Are the daiseppa made of the same metal?  Quite unusual.

[Rawa]

Looks like usual brass for small seppa pair. 

[Rawa]

@Bruce Pennington Yamamoto guntoya

https://ebay.us/m/odtyGq

Edited March 26 by Rawa

[Bruce Pennington]

Nice one, Marcin, thanks!

[Rawa]

@Bruce Penningtonanother mix. Looks like saya for wakizashi [below 60,6 cm] with interesting „gunzoku” tsuka.

I would like to hear your opinion on sarute and horse shoe saya finish.

Menuki are so shiny, could this be rewrap with recycled tsukaito?

Tsuba looks like reproduction.

[Bruce Pennington]

A small matter, but I've started noticing variations on the snap arrangments of these leather covers.  Some have one, some two, some three.  Of the covers with 3, even those have variations:

Posted by @Dick Grande HERE

[Rawa]

2 minutes ago, Bruce Pennington said:

A small matter, but I've started noticing variations on the snap arrangments of these leather covers.  Some have one, some two, some three.  Of the covers with 3, even those have variations:

Posted by @Dick Grande HERE

this piece had leather strap threaded through tsuba ana, probably to keep blade sheathed.

[John C]

3 hours ago, Bruce Pennington said:

have variations:

I've also noticed there are a lot of variation to the stitch patterns on the chape area.

 

John C.

[Rawa]

Hangers. We had recently example of chain on gunto similar but longer to first example. Someone was claiming that chain is from pocket watch or something like that.

Fuller’s green book.

Edited April 15 by Rawa

[Rawa]

Suya shoten with marked seppa. Blade [Emura :/] looks like cleaned with acid.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/135090391434

 

 

Edited April 18 by Rawa

[Rawa]

 

#winterready bad mix but cool sugata and hamon

https://www.catawiki.com/en/l/103103445-katana-antique-Japanese-army-officers-parade-sabre-double-ring-scabbard-with-field-cover-and-cherry-Japan

[Scogg]

Here is an interesting Type 95 Guntō, with some "bling". I'm sharing here rather than the 95 threads, because these unique features are not factory original. 

 

Note the Habaki, leather hanger, and most interestingly those "monkey’s-fist knot" mekugi and grommet screws.

https://www.ima-usa.com/products/original-wwii-Japanese-army-type-95-nco-aluminum-handle-katana-sword-with-rare-leather-hanger-matched-serial-79051?variant=41101181190213

Already sold, not sure when.
-Sam