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| WWII Kai Gunto koshirae Katana. Overall length in scabbard is 37...
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WWII Kai Gunto koshirae Katana. Overall length in scabbard is 37 1/2 '', heavy black lacquered saya with multiple chunks of lacquer missing from impacts & age patches exposing plain wood beneath. the blade is 24 7/8 '' in length, WWII era officers Gunto in decent polish some light staining along both sides of blade. Temper is brightly visible Gunome. This blade is signed & is original length not a cut down longer blade. There is kanji painting on the tang, possibly an arsenal or rack number & an arsenal stamp. One punched mekugi-ana. Blade & tang overall length is 33 3/8 '' The tsuka is fair condition typical for WWII Kai Gunto wrapping. Fuchi/kashira are standard military brass with chrysanthemum motifs as well as in the brass menuki. Blackened rayskin under wrapping is in fair condition & appears from 1940s. The tsuba is WWII Kai Gunto style with all 7 pieces having matching stamp, 4 brass seppa, 2 blackened dai seppa with sun-rays & plain blackened copper tsuba in good condition. The habaki is 1940's single piece plain copper with no decorations. These WWII Kai-Gunto style Japanese swords are becoming scarce, although this one does not have a stainless navel blade, instead a nicely tempered Army Gunto blade. Number 131971 lightly electro penciled on blade ahead of habaki and on saya. Is able to be polished out. - Value: 1500 to 3000
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