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Sommelier
24th August 2006, 11:21 AM
Dear friends,
I've got this strange Japanese dagger. I can not find it in my books.
May be it is fake?
Could any body identify it?
Tnanks in advance!
Congoblades
24th August 2006, 03:11 PM
Hi,
Looks nice, maybe it's an old bonsai saw end no dagger? :confused:
Are there marks in the blade?
Guy
Rich
24th August 2006, 03:12 PM
I've seen a lot of Japanese swords, tanto, bayonets, etc, but never one
like this. Looks original, but no idea what it was used for (maybe forestry
officials sword???).
Rich S
Rick
24th August 2006, 03:34 PM
Pioneer troops ?
Montino Bourbon
24th August 2006, 06:13 PM
Firemen in Japan would carry a tool that resebled the hatchet end of that. It may be a WW2 version of that.
Henk
24th August 2006, 06:59 PM
Looks like a kind of bayonet like dagger. Military I would say. The hilts looks like that of a sabre. Ricks guess of pioneer troops isn't so odd at all.
Rich
24th August 2006, 10:16 PM
I took the liberty of posting the URL of this thread to one of the
Japanese sword forums. One of the guys found this site that may
(or may not) be relevant. A fireman's "tool" seems to be the best guess.
http://www.e-budokai.com/collection/tobikuchi.htm
Rich S
Valjhun
25th August 2006, 09:18 AM
Hi!
Interesting piece! Never saw anything like before. Let's analise it. White rayskih is associated with the imperial navy for the Showa period. If it is older it could be army also. Well it looks original indeed. If it is army/navy/firemen it should be marked on the hilt with a symbol (6 pointed star for firemen, 5 pointed star for policem, sakura army/navy). Without a scabbard wold seem like an officer bonsai cutting tool (like thoose saw blades mounted in tanto mountings), but with that hatched scabbard? Strange indeed. I barely see a symbol on the hilt. A better photo would help.
I would guess that it is a navy engineer officer dagger?
Better photos would help a lot. Is there a sakura flower symbol anywhere on it?
Sommelier
25th August 2006, 10:45 AM
Sorry,
The dagger is not mine. Some more photos from the holder.
Rich
25th August 2006, 11:16 AM
Are there any emblems or markings on the hilt or blade?
Rich S
Valjhun
25th August 2006, 12:21 PM
I can see the star but I cannot say if it is 6 or 5 pinted, due to the nature of the blade and scabbard I'd say that it is a fireman dagger.
Sommelier
28th August 2006, 12:02 PM
Other opinions?
Battara
28th August 2006, 08:26 PM
I can see the star but I cannot say if it is 6 or 5 pinted, due to the nature of the blade and scabbard I'd say that it is a fireman dagger.
ditto
Showa period
Sommelier
29th August 2006, 12:48 PM
Are there any pictures in Fuller or other books?
Rich
29th August 2006, 02:02 PM
I've most every book published on Showa blades and have a saw bladed
tanto, but never seen anything like this one published anywhere.
Rich S
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