Ooitame Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 Any advice is most welcome here as this pushes my knowledge... looks legit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinalexander Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 Not liking what I am seeing Eric. What is that number on the blade? Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinalexander Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 Haven't got time to list all the things I see that are wrong...even with these poor pics but you said "any advice is most welcome" ....my advice is give it a miss. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonely panet Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 i would say genuine but painted a nice house gloss black. so you can be a ninja 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 Seems legit to me, too. You see a lot more variation in Nagoya 95s than you see in the Tokyo gunto. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ooitame Posted March 23 Author Report Share Posted March 23 I will try to get better photos tonight. The black aluminum handle threw me off. I do think the paint is period, and a real gunto. Are there certain areas I should focus on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John C Posted March 24 Report Share Posted March 24 Could just be the lighting, but the military generally shy's away from shiny paint except on parade items. Need pics of the stamps as well. John C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ooitame Posted March 24 Author Report Share Posted March 24 27 minutes ago, John C said: Could just be the lighting, but the military generally shy's away from shiny paint except on parade items. Need pics of the stamps as well. John C. Agreed shiny is bad!!! This does seem to have a very slight gloss but nothing that could reflect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiipu Posted March 24 Report Share Posted March 24 As already stated above, it is kosher but repainted. Made by Seki in about 1941. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ooitame Posted March 24 Author Report Share Posted March 24 Thanks all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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