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Originally posted by rajko84 View PostThis is where they removed it
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Originally posted by GHP View PostI think the nakako is older than Showa era; the brown color, coupled with the groove that goes way down, plus the second mekugi-ana. It appears to me to be suriage -- shortened.
The fittings are handachi -- i.e., "half-tachi" sytle. This sort of fitting was popular in the early 1900s ~ 1930s, though my time-line might be off.
I see grain in the steel shown in photo #4 (post #6); though I cannot see the hamon.
I think the both original haikan have been removed; the image is not clear enough, but I think I see residue of where the lower haikan used to be. I suggest that both original haikan (which would have matched the semegane -- scabbard ring--) were removed and replaced with the single WW2-era haikan, then the original lacquered scabbard was covered in a leather combat cover. I think this method of lacquer is called Tatake Inden nuri, but I'm not certain -- it reminds me of chrysanthemum leaves.
Dunno about the slight red coloring on the tsuba. It could be a "Bubba" job as Bruce posits, but I think "Bubba" would have left it gaudidly red; this red is very understated. Still, coloring on a tsuba is not anything one should expect. (Could it be a subtle lacquering?)
--Guy
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Originally posted by rajko84 View PostGuy
Yes that is what I did. Also what is 2-shaku, 3-sun?
Thank you
One shaku is approximately 12"; a sun is approximately 1"; a bu is 0.11"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaku_(unit)
According to my teacher, Nakamura Taizaburo, who was a fencing instructor during the war (see photos), the gunto was "standardized" at 2-shaku 2-bu (ni-shaku, ni-bu), but there were variations, depending on the height and preference of the user.
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Originally posted by GHP View PostShaku-sun-bu are the units of measure used by the Japanese. Still used by carpenters, etc., for traditional work.
One shaku is approximately 12"; a sun is approximately 1"; a bu is 0.11"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaku_(unit)
According to my teacher, Nakamura Taizaburo, who was a fencing instructor during the war (see photos), the gunto was "standardized" at 2-shaku 2-bu (ni-shaku, ni-bu), but there were variations, depending on the height and preference of the user.
--Guy
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