SOLD WW2 ERA JAPANESE ARMY OFFICERS SHIN GUNTO SWORD…..HAND FORGED GEN DAITO BLADE….27 INCHES LONG….BY KANE MITSU….PREMIUM EXAMPLE

This is not only a historical artifact per say, but it is also a very well executed piece of Traditional Japanese Art of high aesthetic merit.  We have a circa 1940 made Japanese Army Officers Shin Gunto Sword, still with the Company grade tassel indicating the wearer held a rank somewhere between Lieutenant and Major. This sword was hand made in the traditional fashion by the noted Rikugen Jumei Tosho Smith KaneMitsu of Mino Provence.  The blade is a very long 27 inches in excellent polish with a very active temper line.  The rayskin handle is complete with nodules which is an upgrade.  There are no nicks on the blade and the temper line really pops visually.  Overall this is a premier example of Japanese WW2 Military Sword, as nice as one could expect without paying into the tens of thousands.  .

Of note, the sword still has a “surrender tag” affixed to the scabbard that identifies the officer who owned it.  These tags were commonly seen so that the victor if so inclined could magnanimously return the sword to the former owner.  That never happened because of the level of magnanimity shown by the Japanese in such hikes as the Bataan Death March.  Recently some very feeble minded fools have made attempts to return flags,swords and other artifacts to the families in Japan which we feel is not only in extremely poor taste but denigrates the visceral realities of one of the most fierce contested struggles in modern history.