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24th August 2006, 11:21 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Minsk, Byelorussia
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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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24th August 2006, 03:11 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Belgium
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Hi,
Looks nice, maybe it's an old bonsai saw end no dagger?  Are there marks in the blade? Guy |
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24th August 2006, 03:12 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: comfortably at home, USA
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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???). Rich S |
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24th August 2006, 03:34 PM
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Vikingsword Staff
Join Date: Nov 2004
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Pioneer troops ?
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24th August 2006, 06:13 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Santa Barbara, California
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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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24th August 2006, 06:59 PM
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Location: The Netherlands
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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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24th August 2006, 10:16 PM
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Location: comfortably at home, USA
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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 Rich S |
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