authentic ww2 tsuba?

[CED13000]

hi
thank you to identify this tsuba
cordially
ced

[fusches]

WW2 Tsuba

I think its Kai gunto. IJN. Japanese navy.

[CED13000]

hi
thank's
but do you think it's authentic?
cordially
ced

[oldhonda]

It's a genuine WW2 Japanese. No problem there. It's not very high quality, however.

[GHP]

Assembly number:

一八五
185

[BruceP]

Agree - authentic and Navy. You can see the patina on the outer edge which would have protruded beyond the dai-seppa (rising sun seppa).

[gunto]

kaigunto plain steel tsuba.

[CED13000]

ok thank's
I can buy an other
it is authentic?
cordially
ced

[GHP]

The shape of the nakago-ana (tang hole) looks like the blade was kata-hirazukuri [single-sided flat shape]; similar to this, but with a more acute angle on the flat side:




--Guy

[gunto]

It differ from other Shingunto tsuba's. It looks old, but I dont like it.

[GHP]

Or more like this hocho with a "chisel grind":




--Guy

[BruceP]

That's one seriously unusual tsuba! It doesn't have the usual telltale signs of a fake, but it is missing some "normal" details. Due to the obvious custom needs of the blade, I don't feel too bad about them being missing. All the details of the blossoms look right, and they are one of the things the fakers usually get wrong.

Guy, or anyone else - has anyone seen a sword blade with this kind of edge? Just curious.

[Sengoku]

My heart says, ooh an unusual variation, my head says, too far out from the norm. Buy it for a pittance as a curiosity, or pass on to something more mainstream.