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Japanese Kai Gunto Sword 29 58 Samurai Surrendered

Japanese Kai Gunto Sword 29 58 Samurai Surrendered

This is truly a unique, original hand forged sword. It has never been out of my possession or the veterans since ti was surrendered at sea. The colonel brought home two swords, this si the one presented to him by his japanese counterpart during the ceremony with mac arthur as part of his g4 section. Full info/provenance will be provided to hte buyer upon completion of the auction. Only two things are missing from teh sword and only one added. Originally there was a tassle adn saya cover, both lost before the sword was passed on to me by my friend the colonel. I added the gold seppas becaues the tusba was loose. Otehr wise the sword has remained the same all these years. He passed back in 97.

Before that began my study of the japanese sword and what it represents. This is a very serious sword and i hope only a conscientious collector wins it in the end. I have been very fortunate to have owned this sword. As you can see it is mounted as kai gunto btu in extreme length. The tsuka is unlike normal design, much moer beefy with unusual taper.

The blade is kanbun shinto. Nagasa=75.2 or 29 5/8. iKssaki 3.2cm. Thickness. 8cm or.

9cm. Width 3.2. Sori si 1. Planes/geometry or great and it has a flared or thickened tip. Original war time or older polish, its quite good.

Had i chosen to keep the blaed it likely would not be submitted for polish for a very long time if ever. I should add the i can very much appreciate swords ni art polish.

Hamon is straight, very clear adn wraps around the tip, back past the kissaki along the back edge. Grain is visible with no openings. The blade is massive, thick, straight and smooth but feels right. It has a cutting test inscribed, mitsu do ochiru (cut three bodies) teikyo 5, the end of may (1688), matsumoto chodaiyu masatomo (kao) person who did the cutting test.

The blade appears to be o-suriage. Nakago is chocoltae colored. It is the only sword i have had the inclination to rest vertically against my shoulder when i walk with it. I have struggled over keeping this sword, knowing that once it is gone it is likely gone forever.

I hda to satisfy my curiosity and submitted it for shinsa. Result was a score of 74, ot ishido unjyu korekazu, bunkyu period.

Hawley rates 40pts for example and i have yet to see korekazu not mentioned well in any reference book i have or have used. I have been told that korekazu likely made this sword for a very special buyer, to avoid the ban of sword production and as tribute to prior sword smiths.

I suppose its possible shinsa is wrnog but the blade created quite a stir. I will place my personal guarantee on my discription and have photographed to the best of my ability. I will post all photos of the sword on our web site. I apologize for the quality of my photographs. All spelling errors are mine, i didn't have my young bride of 20yrs proof read this-my sense si she won't be happy im selling it but it is time. We have a business called crescent moon antiques and salvage, it is a professional architectural antique salvage company specializing in material reclaimed from old homes and commercial properties. We live by its not what you look at that matters, its what you see. Crescent moon is located a 538 n.

Main st, oshkosh wi 54901. We accept personal checks, us certified checks, paypal and cerdit cards(run through our shop). We package well adn cover shipping costs.

Payment muts be made with in 5days. A conservative reserve is set to protect this sword. Please feel free to email us at crescentmoon@ntd.

eNt or call (920)-232-moon. Wisconsin buyers muts add 5% sales tax. I will ship out of teh united states to preapproved buyers only. I will list this sword only once.