Kai gunto aircrew wakizashi koshirae

[Gerry]

https://www.jauce.com/auction/q1196384750

 

It's the first time I've seen a kai gunto in wakizashi koshirae. The seller says that it's not a reproduction koshirae, but couldn't provide a photo of the tsuba and seppa.

 

I was almost interested in bidding, but the plain sarute didn't sit well with me, and the blade itself is pretty worthless, though it ended up not going for a high price at only 241,000 yen.

 

 

[John C]

Gerry:

Not commenting on the sword itself, just the description. When you come across aucrtions that mention "tanker" or "aircrew" in the description, this is just a sales pitch. While it is true that some tank and air crewmen carried short swords, far more carried their standard regulation swords. There is usually no evidence that a particular sword was carried by a tank crewman, air crewman, or a submariner. Indeed, same goes for auctions listing "kamikaze suicide" dagger. Every soldier in every country in every war has probably carried a knife or dagger. 

 

John C.

[Rawa]

For reference 

[Rawa]

Could this be cadet sword or sth like that? 48cm nagasa/76cm koshirae and 2 haikan... also strange sarute.