WWII JAPANESE WAKIZASHI WITH SHIN GUNTO HANDLE
07 August 2022
Description

WWII Family Wakizashi with Officers handle. Bright blade with visible Hamon. Blackened copper Habaki. Iron Tsuba with copper inlay. Iron Fuchi with silver inlay of family crest. Standard Officers Shin Gunto mount with lotus blossom Menuki. Black lacquered scabbard with brass obi-tori.

Dimensions

Blade Length: 22.25” Total Length: 33”

Provenance

Unknown

Acquired from
Auction House
For sale
Yes
Answered within 29 minutes
By David U.
Aug 07, 18:22 UTC
Fair Market Value
$940 - $1,100 USD
Insurance Value $0 USD
What does this mean?

Hello Jacob,

Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry.

It is a lovely Japanese sword, blade with few spots of oxidation, steel tamahagane. Beautiful sword for exhibition. The wakizashi (Japanese: 脇差, "side inserted sword", in reference to the practice of wearing this item inserted through one's obi or sash at one's side, whereas the larger tachi sword was worn slung from a cord) is one of the traditionally made Japanese swords (nihontō) worn by the samurai in feudal Japan.

Unlike most we have seen, this example is not fitted with a Katana blade, but instead with the shorter Wakizashi (脇差) blade, a shorter type of sword used more for indoor use. Research indicates that these were specially made for the tighter quarters of Tanks and Aircraft, where every inch counts

$ 940 - 1100

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