Mark, I just checked at the bottom of the page on the Japanese military swords website the link to the fake,repros and similar swords. It seems to me now that I was wrong in my previous conclusions and that the second sword is not Japanese but a « Chinese military parade sabers that are somewhat similar to Japanese parade sabers or to Japanese kyu-gunto and are sometimes confused with them ».
Here is another excerpt from the site : “The Chinese sabers have a different design on the backstrap and a different flower emblem on the side panel of the backstrap, “ It seems to be the case here.
And also : ‘The (chinese) scabbards have two suspension rings, Japanese sabers have only one suspension ring. “ That’s exactly the case of the second sword.
So I guess the second sword is a Chinese parade sword, and that would explain the big difference in the shape of the blades (and also the quality of it). Could anybody confirm ?
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