Navy string with slider.

[gunto]

Hello,
Talked with someone today about the brown string with slider often seen with kaigunto's.
The person told me it was a tassel for the navy dirk.
Thats not my opnion.
I think it was used on the kaigunto's without lock clip and mounted like the one in the photo.
I cant see how it was used for the dirk ? Anyone has any period photos?

[Jareth]

This is first I've seen or heard of. My guess is it's just a non military personalization

[gunto]

I have seen them on many kaigunto's.

[gunto]

Heres two more.

[GHP]

Nice kaigunto! The one with an ID tag reads "Takamichi"

孝道


I can't read the seal-stamp below it.

Taka is the first part of my wife's given name and means "Filial" -- your ID would translate to "The Way of Filiality."


--Guy

[Jareth]

Maybe they were used for surrender hang tags?

[GHP]

Aha! Got it!!!! The red seal-stamp is:



but the "mountain" is done in Greater Seal script and looks like

Takeyama [Bamboo Mountain]
===========

孝道
[竹山]

Takamichi [in Chinese reading it would be Kōdō]
[Takeyama] [artist's name seal-stamp]


--Guy

[Jareth]

That piece of wood could be unrelated & just added

[gunto]

Just found proof of usages in my photo collection.


I knew I was right.

I will consider the string as very scarce and is more valueble than the navy knots.

[ALLERBERGER]

An interesting thesis .