Help With Gunto Sword. Fake or Not?

[Sappersleadtheway]

There's a Gunto sword I'm keen on getting. It looks to be real, but when dealing with Ebay, I'm never positive that I'll be cheated. So far, I've been lucky. This Gunto sword appeared and it looks to be original. It doesn't have factory stamps. The seller says it's real. Any help would be great.

[Bruce Pennington]

Sapper,

Looks legit to me. You'll see a faint "Na" just to the left of the serial number. Nagoya stamped their blades "cold" so the imprint usually is faint, but from what I can see, it's there. Beautiful blade, too!

The tassel is from a company-grade officer sword and doesn't go with this NCO Type 95. It just means you'll have to buy a nice Officer gunto to put it on!!! The NCO tassles are leather and look like this:

[Geoff Ward]

I would request more photos. The tassel is for an Officers Gunto. NCO is made of leather.Here is a photo of one of the NCO variants without the buckle
If the sword is a repro it is a very good one!!!

[Geoff Ward]

OOoops! Bruce beat me to it!!

[Geoff Ward]

Is it just my eyes or is there a 6 stamped on the Habaki?

[Gunto]

Looks genuine.

[Geoff Ward]

This is what I mean on the Habaki

[ghp95134]

This is what I mean on the Habaki

That might be an artifact .... what gives me pause is the "666" !!! Yikes!


--Guy

[Bruce Pennington]

This is what I mean on the Habaki

If you turn it 90 degrees, it could be a “Na”.

[Stu W]

Looks genuine.

I agree. A nice looking top latch iron tsuba version from the Nagoya Arsenal. Scabbard drag looks good too and is of the Nagoya style. Not unusual to have limited fuchi stampings due to the hardness of the metal.

Regards,
Stu