Japanese Sword for Comments

Henk · 20th October 2008, 10:06 AM

Rod,

This is a Japanese sword from the WWII area. If I'm not mistaken these swords are called shin gunto. I'm not an expert on this field, but there are some members around here who are.
These swords where carried by officers and non commissioned officers. Some of these blades where hand made or partially handmade. If there is an inscription on the tang it tells more. Even the name of the smith who manufactured it. But many of these blades where made by mass production in factories. The sword is numbered. A sign of machine manufactory. Is the number of the scabbard equal? If so then you have a complete original WWII japanese shin gunto.

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20th October 2008, 10:06 AM	#2
Henk Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,209	Rod, This is a Japanese sword from the WWII area. If I'm not mistaken these swords are called shin gunto. I'm not an expert on this field, but there are some members around here who are. These swords where carried by officers and non commissioned officers. Some of these blades where hand made or partially handmade. If there is an inscription on the tang it tells more. Even the name of the smith who manufactured it. But many of these blades where made by mass production in factories. The sword is numbered. A sign of machine manufactory. Is the number of the scabbard equal? If so then you have a complete original WWII japanese shin gunto.