tanto for comment

jonng · 5th September 2007, 05:02 AM

Thank you guys for your input. This was supposedly given to a guy who worked as a local scout by the British officers when they were clearing the area (Malaysia) immediately after the Japanese surrender. Were Japanese soldiers allowed to carry non military issued tantos?
Appreciate if you can help estimate the age of the other parts as well as I know no one here in Singapore who has any knowledgeable experience with tantos.

jonathan

Rich · 5th September 2007, 01:00 PM

I would guess that the metal mounts are Edo period. Hard to tell for sure,
but certainly not WW II period. Don't know about soldiers carrying non-
regulation tanto although they certainly carried non-regulation swords -
commonly ancestral blades remounted into gunto or partial gunto (military)
mounts.

Rich

5th September 2007, 05:02 AM	#1
jonng Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 41	Thank you guys for your input. This was supposedly given to a guy who worked as a local scout by the British officers when they were clearing the area (Malaysia) immediately after the Japanese surrender. Were Japanese soldiers allowed to carry non military issued tantos? Appreciate if you can help estimate the age of the other parts as well as I know no one here in Singapore who has any knowledgeable experience with tantos. jonathan

5th September 2007, 01:00 PM	#2
Rich Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: comfortably at home, USA Posts: 432	I would guess that the metal mounts are Edo period. Hard to tell for sure, but certainly not WW II period. Don't know about soldiers carrying non- regulation tanto although they certainly carried non-regulation swords - commonly ancestral blades remounted into gunto or partial gunto (military) mounts. Rich