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Russo-Japanese Kyu-Gunto WW2 Army Officer Samurai Sword -Antique/Old -FAMILY MON
Russo-Japanese Kyu-Gunto WW2 Army Officer Samurai Sword -Antique/Old -FAMILY MON
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1 antique Russo-Japanese/World War II Imperial Japanese Army Samurai Officer’s kyu-gunto sword available. This very fine Japanese Samurai sword would make an important addition to any collection.
The long blade measures 27 13/16″ (70.6 cm) from blade tip to the bottom of the notch in the habaki. The blade is unsigned. The tsuka backstrap has a Silver Samurai family mon. The handle cover is more unusual in that it is made of sharkskin instead of rayskin.
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Rare FOLD-OVER SIGNATURE Samurai Sword -Old/Antique Collection/Japanese
Rare FOLD-OVER SIGNATURE Samurai Sword -Old/Antique Collection/Japanese
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1 antique Japanese Samurai wakizashi sword with hard-to-find folded-over signature available. This desirable sword would make an important addition to any collection.
The tang/nakago on this tanto has a rare folded-over signature. It’s a folded-over inlay–which is a much more difficult signature inlay. Very hard to find. This sword is signed ‘Bishu Osafune Akiyoshi Tadamitsu‘. The sayagaki (saya writing) shows Tadamitsu as well.
The blade measures 18 7/8″ (47.9 cm) from blade tip to the habaki.
The nioi-based hamon is suguha, and is exceptional. I wasn’t able to capture the hamon very well in the photos due to the old state of polish. In hand, the hamon is defined, and beautiful. With sword in hand, as your eye follows the hamon up the blade, the straight hamon splits every so often into to parallel lines for 6-9 mm–and then joins back together. Additional complexity occurs both just above the hamon, and just below. See photos 11 & 12 above for a close look at this complexity. In polish, this sword would be exceptional.
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14th CENTURY Japanese Samurai Sword -Katana -Antique/OLD Collection 4 HOLE TANG
14th CENTURY Japanese Samurai Sword -Katana -Antique/OLD Collection 4 HOLE TANG
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1 old 14th/early 15th Century Japanese Samurai sword available. This katana would make an important addition to any collection. This sword was carried by true Samurai.
This sword was shortened as Samurai styles changed from fighting on horseback to fighting on foot. The signature was cut off when the sword was shortened centuries ago. There are 4 holes in the nakago–this sword was shortened and remounted, shortened and remounted. The kissaki/tip of the sword was just as rusty as the rest of the front portion of the sword before it was worked on. And a healthy boshi (temper line in the kissaki/tip) was revealed. So rust removal was successful in this area. The rest hasn’t been worked on yet. This early sword would be a great project piece for an amateur polisher–there is money to be made on this sword once polished. This sword is priced so that once you put in your time polishing, there is good money to be made when selling it.
The blade measures 24 13/16″ (63 cm) from blade tip to notch in the blade spine.
This sword has a brand new, $600 Japanese-made ho-wood shirasaya (storage scabbard).
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Antique Japanese WW2 Police Samurai Sword -RARE w/NIHONTO TRADITIONAL BLADE -Old
Antique Japanese WW2 Police Samurai Sword -RARE w/NIHONTO TRADITIONAL BLADE -Old
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1 antique Japanese WW2 Police Samurai sword available. This Japanese Police sword is unusual in that it has a traditionally-made blade. This sword would make a fine addition to any antique edged weapons collection.
The blade measures 17 3/16″ (43.7 cm) from blade tip to notch in the blade spine.
Almost every Japanese police sword has a simple arsenal blade–as mentioned though, this sword has a nihonto blade. This sword has its original leather tassel.
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Antique WW2 Japanese Naval Officer Dress Sword -Old Samurai/Navy Collection
Antique WW2 Japanese Naval Officer Dress Sword -Old Samurai/Navy Collection
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1 Japanese World War 2 Naval Officer’s dress sword. This fine Japanese Naval Officer’s dress sword would make an important addition to any collection.
The saya is leather with gold-gilted fittings. The blade is nickel-plated.
Note the Naval anchor stamp, and the manufacturer’s symbol on the guard.
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Mouse over image to zoom RARE-PREMIUM-MOUNTS-Antique-Japanese-WW2-Army-Samurai-Sword-OLD-FAMIL
Mouse over image to zoom RARE-PREMIUM-MOUNTS-Antique-Japanese-WW2-Army-Samurai-Sword-OLD-FAMIL
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1 antique 1658-1683 A.D. Kanbun Shinto Japanese Samurai katana available. This premium WW2 mounts Samurai katana would make an important addition to any antique edged weapons collection.
This Kanbun period katana has a nice long blade. The blade measures 27 7/8″ (70.8 cm) from blade tip to notch in the blade spine.
This Samurai katana was later carried during World War 2. The Army officer that carried this sword spent a lot of extra money on premium mounts. The Army saya is rare in that it is wood with a red lacquer finish. The tsuba, fuchi, kashira, seppa, and all other fittings are exceptional and uncommon.
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Antique Japanese Jitte/Jutte Samurai Weapon -Sword/Katana -Old Iron Kabutowari
Antique Japanese Jitte/Jutte Samurai Weapon -Sword/Katana -Old Iron Kabutowari
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1 antique Japanese jitte/jutte Samurai iron weapon. This sort of weapon was used to counter Samurai armed with a sword.
This weapon measures 13 5/16″ in length. The handle is wrapped in cord.
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23rd Generation KANEFUSA—WW2 Japanese GENDAI Samurai Sword -Old/Antique
23rd Generation KANEFUSA—WW2 Japanese GENDAI Samurai Sword -Old/Antique
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1 rare fittings antique World War II Japanese Samurai Army Officer’s gendai sword available. This sword was made by the highly collected smith, 23rd Generation Kanefusa. A WW2 Japanese Army Officer’s katana would make an important addition to any collection.
All military fittings/koshirae are of superior quality. The blade measures 25 7/16″ (64.6 cm) from blade tip to notch in the blade spine. This fine sword has an early black-lacquered saya/scabbard.
Note the rare, red-lacquered tsuka wrap. The fuchi/saya lock was removed by the Japanese Army Officer who carried this sword.
The nakago is signed 23rd Generation Kanefusa. There are no stamps on this fine gendai sword. Kanefusa is featured on page 39 of Slough’s book. The ‘Japanese Sword Index’ website has more information on 23rd Generation Kanefusa.
