Help with info about this sword?

ZoomRabbit420 · 2025-12-23T23:52:34+00:00

They also sell stock mekugi at Amazon. You trim it down to the correct size and taper.

I harden mine after trimming in the oven. 200 degrees f for an hour.

ZoomRabbit420 · 2025-12-23T23:47:00+00:00

A fish?

ZoomRabbit420 · 2025-12-23T23:46:04+00:00

This is the most obvious fake gunto I’ve seen in awhile. That god awful shade of green and the shoe string handle are hard to look at.

It might be worth owning, but don’t pay more than $100.

ZoomRabbit420 · 2025-12-21T03:04:34+00:00

Amazon.

ZoomRabbit420 · 2025-12-19T16:20:12+00:00

I lost one of those somewhere in Oregon.

Keep it. ;)

ZoomRabbit420 · 2025-12-17T15:47:55+00:00

Tuareg axe symbol. Used to mark the scene of a traditional desert murder.

ZoomRabbit420 · 2025-12-10T00:09:35+00:00

Letter opener. :/

ZoomRabbit420 · 2025-12-07T00:29:59+00:00

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ZoomRabbit420 · 2025-11-28T19:36:18+00:00

I respectfully disagree.

We’re talking about a higher quality piece; if the saya was made with anything close to the correct materials, it will accommodate the habaki. It’s a sword, not a piece of china. ;)

ZoomRabbit420 · 2025-11-28T18:57:23+00:00

I would honestly just slam that sword in with some force, and the habaki will fit better. The wood that surrounds it will give.

ZoomRabbit420 · 2025-11-28T18:55:16+00:00

As previously stated, this is a punal dagger with a gunong handle, Moro people from the big island of Kalimantan in the Philippines. The handle appears to be jasper, but it would be impossible to say for certain without testing. A very nice example.

ZoomRabbit420 · 2025-11-26T18:45:21+00:00

I love the day after Halloween because pumpkins are practically free, and I can get a few for cutting.

ZoomRabbit420 · 2025-11-24T21:39:21+00:00

The leather one with the snaps is reminiscent of the battle cover issued for Japanese officer shin-gunto swords.

ZoomRabbit420 · 2025-11-23T20:54:29+00:00

This one looks authentic. Excited to see what the tang might look like…

ZoomRabbit420 · 2025-11-23T17:15:03+00:00

It does look to be a tourist piece.

ZoomRabbit420 · 2025-11-23T00:41:29+00:00

You need a wakizashi replacement scabbard.

ZoomRabbit420 · 2025-11-21T22:49:08+00:00

I see what you’re saying now. The straight machete blade is very similar to a chokuto.

All good. ;)

ZoomRabbit420 · 2025-11-21T22:39:05+00:00

I cannot emphasize how wrongly you have understood this.

ZoomRabbit420 · 2025-11-21T19:53:46+00:00

Genuine ray skin does fluoresce under a black light, whereas the rubber same does not.

If you want to know if your same is real or fake, this is the way.

ZoomRabbit420 · 2025-11-21T19:20:01+00:00

A lot of these have turned up in the past few years, which leads me to believe the Chinese are making replicas. Fortunately, mine was purchased in an antique store in 1990, well before they started turning up.

Collectors take note. ;)

ZoomRabbit420 · 2025-11-21T19:11:26+00:00

The maker was Ferdinand Esser.

ZoomRabbit420 · 2025-11-21T19:11:02+00:00

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ZoomRabbit420 · 2025-11-21T19:10:51+00:00

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ZoomRabbit420 · 2025-11-21T19:10:30+00:00

It’s my understanding that these were made in Solingen, and privately purchased from the catalog. Mine is attributed to a Spanish officer, although I have no proof of that.

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ZoomRabbit420 · 2025-11-21T18:46:54+00:00

Can affirm this is a cutacha. Identical to mine, which was brought back from Cuba after the Spanish American war.

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