Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post

yuanzhumin · 26th April 2006, 03:08 AM

Hello

I’m grateful to you, Mark, for the precious link you gave about the Japanese military swords. I looked at it, and It stimulated my curiosity.

So, the first showed Japanese sword is an army kiu-gunto. The text say that this sword is of the colonial type - from Taiwan when I look at the drawings – and that the blades were sometimes hand forged. Is this one hand forged ?

The second one on the other post seems to be also a kiu-gunto. It looks like more the navy style to me (am I wrong ?), with a leather covered scabbard and brass fixtures. But the blade appears significantly different from the previous one. How come ? Is it hand forged ?

Is there anything else special to learn on these type of swords ?

Thanks.

26th April 2006, 03:08 AM	#12
yuanzhumin Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ex-Taipei, Taiwan, now in Shanghai, China Posts: 180	Hello I’m grateful to you, Mark, for the precious link you gave about the Japanese military swords. I looked at it, and It stimulated my curiosity. So, the first showed Japanese sword is an army kiu-gunto. The text say that this sword is of the colonial type - from Taiwan when I look at the drawings – and that the blades were sometimes hand forged. Is this one hand forged ? The second one on the other post seems to be also a kiu-gunto. It looks like more the navy style to me (am I wrong ?), with a leather covered scabbard and brass fixtures. But the blade appears significantly different from the previous one. How come ? Is it hand forged ? Is there anything else special to learn on these type of swords ? Thanks.