Is this aikuchi a fake or WWII vintage?

Treeslicer · 24th March 2018, 07:59 PM

Here's a thread on a "kamikaze dagger" from NMB, http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic...knife-special/
Battara, I would not be surprised if your knife was intended to be mistaken for a kamikaze tanto, but without the investment of a properly faceted shirasaya. It would be interesting to see the nakago, to determine if the short blade came from the tip of something longer. There was a sword shop in Tokyo which managed to stay in business all through the Occupation sword ban (and still is, last time I looked), selling stuff assembled out of their leftover stock of gunto parts, to GI's and other visiting Westerners. Among other things, they learned to reproduce a really mean USMC mameluke.

24th March 2018, 07:59 PM	#5
Treeslicer Member Join Date: Feb 2018 Posts: 65	Here's a thread on a "kamikaze dagger" from NMB, http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic...knife-special/ Battara, I would not be surprised if your knife was intended to be mistaken for a kamikaze tanto, but without the investment of a properly faceted shirasaya. It would be interesting to see the nakago, to determine if the short blade came from the tip of something longer. There was a sword shop in Tokyo which managed to stay in business all through the Occupation sword ban (and still is, last time I looked), selling stuff assembled out of their leftover stock of gunto parts, to GI's and other visiting Westerners. Among other things, they learned to reproduce a really mean USMC mameluke. Last edited by Treeslicer; 24th March 2018 at 08:20 PM.