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Old 24th August 2006, 11:21 AM   #1
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Default Japanese dagger with saw

Dear friends,

I've got this strange Japanese dagger. I can not find it in my books.
May be it is fake?
Could any body identify it?

Tnanks in advance!
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Old 24th August 2006, 03:11 PM   #2
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Hi,
Looks nice, maybe it's an old bonsai saw end no dagger?
Are there marks in the blade?
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Old 24th August 2006, 03:12 PM   #3
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I've seen a lot of Japanese swords, tanto, bayonets, etc, but never one
like this. Looks original, but no idea what it was used for (maybe forestry
officials sword???).

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Old 24th August 2006, 03:34 PM   #4
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Pioneer troops ?
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Old 24th August 2006, 06:13 PM   #5
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Default Fireman's tool?

Firemen in Japan would carry a tool that resebled the hatchet end of that. It may be a WW2 version of that.
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Old 24th August 2006, 06:59 PM   #6
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Looks like a kind of bayonet like dagger. Military I would say. The hilts looks like that of a sabre. Ricks guess of pioneer troops isn't so odd at all.
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Old 24th August 2006, 10:16 PM   #7
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I took the liberty of posting the URL of this thread to one of the
Japanese sword forums. One of the guys found this site that may
(or may not) be relevant. A fireman's "tool" seems to be the best guess.

http://www.e-budokai.com/collection/tobikuchi.htm

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