This sword was brought from Japan after WWII by my great uncle, who fought there.

When he died (over a decade ago); the administrator of his will asked me if I wanted it.......and I did.

Somehow, things got fouled up..........namely, I was not among those disrespectfully grubbing through his belongings after he was buried....and the sword disappeared.

A few years later, I found it; hanging on the wall of my uncle's house. I wasn't too upset......he was closer to the man who won it than I was.

Well......my uncle is recently deceased and I was there to take photos of his rental properties for insurance reasons (or so I'm told). A cousin of mine is living in his house; I was there at his request.

I saw the sword again and took it off the wall, and told my cousin that I wanted it. He shrugged......I took it. Now it's mine.

Would have been a cooler story if you chopped his head off with it. Then proceeded to hump his dead corpse. just my .02

sepuku......

I watch a lot of Pawn Stars and Antiques Roadshow...there is an over abundance of items like this that soldiers brought back from the war, other than for sentimental reasons, I don't really see anything unique about it that would give it much value. 🙂

I never claimed it had value Mr. Expert who watches TV.

:)

Repatriate the weapon and you'll feel better.

There are sword experts who'll unwrap the hilt and determine whose family owned that sword.

Bet they'd like to have it back.

Just a thought.

Don't ginsu me.

Somewhere down the list here I posted a pic of the sword my father-in-law gave me. Similar story. Mine has writing under the handle and a bullet crease in the scabbard. I'm very proud to own it and will pass it on to a deserving grandchild when the time comes.

#6

I looked into that with a weapons expert here thinking the writing would be a clue but it showed no lineage trail. I had thought that, after my father-in-law passed, I would return it to the family of it's original owner.

"Would have been a cooler story if you chopped his head off with it"

There can be only one!

In the case of this sword, I'm betting the script at the base of the blade is the sword maker rather than the family name.

I took it apart earlier; there are a LOT of pieces to the whole assembly.......more than you would expect for a military piece. The pieces are unnecessary, but probably serve tradition.

I really neat piece that has kept its polish after all of these years (yes.....it is carbon steel).

Sweet Sword

RE #8

I would suspect that some of the swords are marked with a name, while some were not. Stands to reason that a lot of them were simply mass produced wartime officers swords, while some were family heirlooms going back many generations.

Call the Japanese Embassy and they will send someone to evaluate it and tell you what they know of the sword.

They are missing more than 250 swords they refer to as national treasures (most were carried into battle and lost) that they are offering rewards extending into the millions of dollars depending on which national treasure you have.

How sharp is it? Tried cutting anything thick with it?

I have a collection of war time riding crops on my wall.

All I need is Sir Alec Guiness's from the Bridge over the River Kwai to make it complete.

Next, I'm collecting military headwear. Already have the German helmet.

"Next, I’m collecting military headwear. Already have the German helmet. "

Yeah, about that...

TW called, said he needs the helmut back for his photo shoot with Brutis this weekend.

^ that sounds gay!

What keen powers of observation you have Dr. Watson.

LOL!!

DE Junkie is always on top of things around here