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Unfortunatly, no surrender note - so unless it was lost, it might have been "taken on the ennemy" or a battle pick-up. Who knows ?
Beside the extortionate cost of having a repolish done that I can not afford anyway(£ 60/inch), the waiting time (well over a year), I find that the condition reflect the sword's life & history , so I'll leave it as it is.

I actually have 3 machine made NCO swords and some arsenal WWII officer gunto, which are not traditional blades.
One of my fav pattern is the 44 shin-gunto, fairly large production but I love the slightly minimalistic & in my eyes, very elegant look.





I like them

froggy wrote:Re-
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Unfortunatly, no surrender note - so unless it was lost, it might have been "taken on the ennemy" or a battle pick-up. Who knows ?
Beside the extortionate cost of having a repolish done that I can not afford anyway(£ 60/inch), the waiting time (well over a year), I find that the condition reflect the sword's life & history , so I'll leave it as it is.

I actually have 3 machine made NCO swords and some arsenal WWII officer gunto, which are not traditional blades.
One of my fav pattern is the 44 shin-gunto, fairly large production but I love the slightly minimalistic & in my eyes, very elegant look.


I like them

If you change your mind, I know the polisher on this link also does shira saya -
http://www.japanese-swords.co.uk/services.php

Of course it would be expensive, but not as much as you think.

There is an element of 'bad karma' that makes me feel a bit uneasy about a sword that may have seen combat, I know many on here would be happier knowing their rifles/swords/bayonets have seen active service, but it just doesn't sit well with me. I'll be becoming vegetarian next!

Vegetarian, n, etm. Ancient Sanskrit, 'one who is a bad hunter'