Japanese WWII Side Knives?

[Nathaniel]

Originally Posted by Rich

Neither are military knives. The top one is a gardening/bonsai knife; the lower one is a carpenter's knife used to mark and/or make precise cuts for wood working (I have two of them).

Rich S
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Richard Stein, PhD

Japanese Sword Guide
http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/nihonto.htm

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Here are some more examples of the Japanese wood working knife:

http://www.japanwoodworker.com/produ...&dept_id=13221

http://www.japanwoodworker.com/produ...&dept_id=13221


http://www.japanwoodworker.com/dept....&dept_id=13221

[laEspadaAncha]

Hi Nathaniel,

Thanks - I actually found that same website following a couple responses earlier in the thread...

What I can't seem to find, however, are any other earlier examples dating to the mid-century... And given the wide range in price for contemporary examples - ranging from less than twenty dollars to a couple hundred dollars - I am curious to find out more about who (person or factory) is responsible for the creation of these two knives...