Conway S Posted May 8 Report Share Posted May 8 (edited) Greetings, Saw this is an upcoming auction. Has anyone seen a 1945 sword like this? Japanese WORLD WAR II SHIN GUNTO KATANA WITH PATRIOTIC "TETSU DAMASHI" (IRON SPIRIT) INSCRIPTION Conway Edited May 8 by Conway S Changed Title Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted May 8 Report Share Posted May 8 they may have had it displayed at the Chicago show. They had a table and i know they had swords out from future auctions (nice to examine items before bidding) Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conway S Posted May 8 Author Report Share Posted May 8 I don’t remember seeing this particular sword, but I may have missed it since they rotated their display a few times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conway S Posted May 8 Author Report Share Posted May 8 @Bruce Pennington This sword reminded me of your post linked below. This one is pretty late for type 98 mounts. https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/27137-very-unusual-konan-essei-mantetsu Conway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted May 8 Report Share Posted May 8 Yes, I've seen a few, not a lot, but a few blades with slogans on them over the years. SMR was the only one, to my knowledge, to do it on a mass scale. I think the rest are done on individual order. Posting pics of the one above for posterity 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTM72 Posted May 9 Report Share Posted May 9 Is that a field officer tassel I see? Very interesting yasurime on the nakago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conway S Posted May 10 Author Report Share Posted May 10 There were 2 swords in this auction with field grade tassels and one with a general's tassel. This one sold for $1500 before buyer's premium of 28%. Unless they had better pictures on their auction house website, the pictures of the blades were pretty unhelpful. Nonetheless an interesting piece and I also like the yasurime. Conway 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PNSSHOGUN Posted May 11 Report Share Posted May 11 Nice early mounts on that one, the 2nd hanger is mismatched and it is all too easy to add a General tassel to a sword and insert it into an auction.... https://www.liveauct...general-s-sword-knot 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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