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Valjhun · 25th August 2006, 09:18 AM

Hi!

Interesting piece! Never saw anything like before. Let's analise it. White rayskih is associated with the imperial navy for the Showa period. If it is older it could be army also. Well it looks original indeed. If it is army/navy/firemen it should be marked on the hilt with a symbol (6 pointed star for firemen, 5 pointed star for policem, sakura army/navy). Without a scabbard wold seem like an officer bonsai cutting tool (like thoose saw blades mounted in tanto mountings), but with that hatched scabbard? Strange indeed. I barely see a symbol on the hilt. A better photo would help.

I would guess that it is a navy engineer officer dagger?

Better photos would help a lot. Is there a sakura flower symbol anywhere on it?

25th August 2006, 09:18 AM	#8
Valjhun Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 692	Hi! Interesting piece! Never saw anything like before. Let's analise it. White rayskih is associated with the imperial navy for the Showa period. If it is older it could be army also. Well it looks original indeed. If it is army/navy/firemen it should be marked on the hilt with a symbol (6 pointed star for firemen, 5 pointed star for policem, sakura army/navy). Without a scabbard wold seem like an officer bonsai cutting tool (like thoose saw blades mounted in tanto mountings), but with that hatched scabbard? Strange indeed. I barely see a symbol on the hilt. A better photo would help. I would guess that it is a navy engineer officer dagger? Better photos would help a lot. Is there a sakura flower symbol anywhere on it? Last edited by Valjhun; 25th August 2006 at 09:30 AM.