Yoshitsugu- Showato Arsenal Blade 1944 World War ll Japanese military bladeFor sale

[Kristin]

 

 

Blade for sale.

This blade was made by Seki Yoshitsugu, a WWII era smith who produced mass manufactured oil quenched showato arsenal blades such as this one. 
 

It includes the original tsuka, tsuba, and saya. Does have two incredibly small divots recently noticed upon closer inspection, and the very tip has a tiny bend.  
Comes with display stand asking price is 1200 or best offer. Willing to negotiate.

[Bruce Pennington]

Hello K,

You might want to update your title to include "kaigunto" as this is a Navy officer sword.  There are people who are looking for kaigunto, and the added word would help yours show up in online searches.  They are worth more than Army gunto, in general.  Yours also has the upgraded shark skin on the saya, which looks nice.

 

Good luck with the sale!

[mecox]

@Kristin    also to help with your sale he is:   

YOSHITSUGU 吉次: real name Yoshida Jinrō (吉田任郎).
Born Meiji 43 (1910) December 16. Reg. Showa 16 (1941) May 6 (age 30). (“Yoshitsugu” “1944”), (“Yoshida Yoshitsugu”), (“Noshi Seki ju Yoshida Yoshitsugu saku”).

see  Slough p.202

also see Naval Swords Part 2, in the NMB Downloads (at top of page), other examples.

[Jetblack2013]

Messaged you. 

[Tensho]

4 hours ago, Jetblack2013 said:

Messaged you. 

Not my sword, just letting you know it appears to have sold on ebay already.

Edited January 14 by Tensho

[Jetblack2013]

1 hour ago, Tensho said:

Not my sword, just letting you know it appears to have sold on ebay already.

Good looking out. 👍🏻

[Kristin]

Hello there everyone,

 

My apologies, these notifications managed to get buried in my emails. 
 

Yes, this sword has been sold.