Need help please on this Pilot Dirk unsigned.supposed to be authentic.
Thanks
Need help please on this Pilot Dirk unsigned.supposed to be authentic.
Thanks
Well ... it's an authentic Japanese tanto in plain wooden mounts. No telling who used it -- pilot, tanker, taxi driver, rickshaw puller ... (^_^)
But it is a real tanto, that's for certain.
-- Guy
Yes . That’s right unfortunately.thank you
Its not a tanto, but just a knife.
Tanto , aikuchi, Hamidashi and kwaiken is all koshirae styles.
Looking at the blade shape, and lack of a shinogi I would say it was made as a short blade as opposed to cut down. Nothing wrong with it, but nothing that identifies it as a "pilots knife" as opposed to just a short blade in shirasaya, modified for carry and use. Something that is not a rarity for WW2, or on dealers tables. Something I would buy myself, except they are always overpriced and sold as Kamikaze Kwaiken
Here is a picture of some pilots holding them, from Ohmura's site. I know there is a thorough discussion of this on this forum. If I can find it, I'll post the link.
Wonder what she flies
It is a Japanese knife. And it's cool, historical and worth collecting. Without something more to go on I wouldn't say it belonged to anyone.
I do recall in reading Onoda Hiro's book that his mother gave him such a knife to take when he departed for war. So I'm sure many of these were carried and used by many Japanese soldiers and sailors.
One of the Japanese ladies on a Kimono collectors site I belong to, stated that Bushi women were expected to carry a kwaiken, and that there was an Obi tie specifically made to hide them.
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