Bruce Pennington Posted July 18 Author Report Share Posted July 18 An unusual method of attaching the leather snap strap. Posted by @Itomagoi HERE 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted July 29 Author Report Share Posted July 29 I think I've seen this before, but don't recall. The kabutogane was made without the normal sakura/leaves on the top and sides. It's on a large-Seki stamped Yoshihisa blade, no date. The large stamp was used to 1944, so, late war? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeLuucas Posted July 29 Report Share Posted July 29 On 7/18/2024 at 5:48 AM, Bruce Pennington said: An unusual method of attaching the leather snap strap. Posted by @Itomagoi HERE Here’s another unusual method that I saw on a late war setup on eBay a while back. It attached to a peg on the saya. Unfortunately I did not save more photos. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted July 29 Author Report Share Posted July 29 22 minutes ago, GeorgeLuucas said: a late war setup on eBay a while back. It attached to a peg on the saya Seems like I remember a conversation about that a while ago. Thanks for posting it here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeLuucas Posted July 29 Report Share Posted July 29 I did a little digging and found my post about it. Here it is! With some images for posterity: https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/48491-weird-showa-to-with-seppa-latchlock/#comment-504210 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted August 24 Author Report Share Posted August 24 A good discussion of a variation, possibly early version, of the patented drag posted by @RobCarter3 here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted Monday at 03:26 PM Author Report Share Posted Monday at 03:26 PM Akira Komiya made a very interesting post today on this Wehrmacht-awards Thread. He covered a number of topics ranging from army tsuba, to RS and Zoheito, issue of Type 95s to officers. Here's the part about the army tsuba gold plating: "I checked the specifications of the Type 94 and Type 98 swords regarding the piercing of the Tsuba and found that there is no mention of piercing so it is possible that such was an optional feature. (The specifications only state that there should be four raised engraving cherry blossoms on all four corners of both the obverse and reverse of the Tsuba and does not specify that the Tsuba be pierced.) As for your sword, in the history of the Type 94/ 98 officer's swords, 1941 would not be considered "early" as it would already have seen various austerity measures applied in connection with the rapid expansion of the armed forces and the commensurate increase in the demand for swords as well as the shift towards the wartime economy. For example, the specifications for both the Type 94 and Type 98 swords specify that the Tsuba be made of gold plated brass but the use of gold plating would later be abolished in connection with a series of directives issued by the Ministry of Finance in 1937 and 1938." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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