WW2 JAPANESE NAVAL OFFICERS KAI GUNTO SWORD,SIGNED ANCHOR TANG NUMBERED FITTINGS For Sale

WW2 JAPANESE NAVAL OFFICERS KAI GUNTO SWORD,SIGNED ANCHOR TANG NUMBERED FITTINGS
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WW2 JAPANESE NAVAL OFFICERS KAI GUNTO SWORD,SIGNED ANCHOR TANG NUMBERED FITTINGS:
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  • WW2 JAPANESE NAVAL KAI GUNTO OFFICERS SWORD, IT HAS AN ANCHOR SYMBOL ON TANG, SHEATH HAS A LOT OF LOSS OF THE SKIN COVERING. BLADE IS VERY GOOD. FITTINGS ARE NUMBERED JAPANESE KANJI SYMBOL ALD THE 167. THERE ARE 7 SMALL FILE ON EACH SIDE OF THE TANG NEAR THE ANCHOR.
  • THIS IS A KAI GUNTO TYPE 97 KAMAKURA ARSENAL
  • RUST RESISTANT STEEL.
  • MACHINE MADE MASS PRODUCED NON TRADITIONALLY MADE WW2 BLADE.
  • KAI GUNTO THE JAPANESE WERE USING A STAINLESS OR PRE STAINLESS STREL METALLURGY TO TRY TO GET THE NAVAL BLADES TO NOT RUST OUT IN BOARD VESSELS AT SEA DURING THE END OF THE WAR. LATE WAR BLADE SHOULD BE RESEARCHED FEELS REALLY GOOD IN THE HANDS THICK HEAVY MEAT CLEAVER. NO RUST IN THIS BLADE.
  • TENSHO-ZAN FORGE.

  • The anchor stamp is the symbol used to represent the maker.

SUNBURST TSUBA IS AWESOME.


Total length 39 inches. Cutting Edge is 27 inches. All measurements done with a tape measure and are approximate.


SOME KNICKS ON THE BLADE AS SEEN IN THE PICTURES PROVIDED.

MISSING BOTTOM HANGER WIRE. I PUT A CHOP STICK IN TO HOLD IT IN PLACE FOR NOW IT WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED.


I have put several pictures up showing old small Knicks on the cutting edge IMO these are period marks made during service. Come to your own conclusions and view all the pictures also scabbard is missing a large section of its dark outer covering. IMO this is also from period use I believe it’s dry rot. The sword is thick and meaty clean and looks very good. The experimental steel really held up nicely. This is a meat cleaver of a sword.

Scabbard shows loss of RAY SKIN from use probably dry rot being a naval sword the blade is clean and bright however. One big fat thick blade.

A fine Japanese gunto This blade was manufactured from what “anti-corrosive steel”. The markings on one side of the tang is an anchor. Forged at the Tenshozan Forge”. The Tenshozan Forge produced gunto blades exclusively for the Japanese Imperial Navy. The blade is quite bright for its age. It is free of active rust.


ONLY offer IF YOU ARE OLD ENOUGH TO OWN A SWORD IN YOUR JURISDICTION. Age 21.

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