Japanese officer's sword Shin-Gunto

Description

The sword was used by officers. It is very rare.
At the beginning of 30-ties in XX century, come into existence a military sword of new construction - Shin-gunto. It was designed for officer's cadre of Japanese land forces. It refered to traditional katana's, used in former centuries by Samurais. This is a typical katana.
The sword was handmade using traditional methods.
The blade is with no reflexion, springy and for battle crossection with stunning Hamon. The pivot of the blade is signed. The body of the handle (tsuka) is wooden, covered by white, coarse-grained ray's leather and enwrapped by cotton strip, under which there are two menukas. Tsuba casted from brass in the form of
bulky, rectangular, rounded on bugles and wavy shield's borders, ornamented on the surface by relief conception of cherry blossom. The scabbard -
steel, painted in brown.
The sword is in the ideal condition – it has whole original elements.
The sword's measurement:
-    the whole length: 101 cm
-    the length without scabbard: 94,0 cm
-    the length of blade/ brand: 66,0 cm
-    the breadth of blade/brand at bottom: 3,2 cm
-
the
width at Yokote 21 mm.
-
the mune Thickness: 7,3 mm.
-
the curvature - Sori 15,9 mm.
Hada - MASAME
Hamon – GUNOME MIDARE
Nakago – HA AGARI KURIJIRI
Blade in SHINOGI ZUKURI type.
Sygnature:
昭
(
Shō
wa) Stamp
石
ISHI
原
HARA
兼
KANE
忠
TADA
ISHI HARA KANE TADA (
blacksmith Ishihara Kanetada)
The sword is placed in
Index of Japanese Swordsmiths -
Markus Sesko
A-M, 2012, s. 166.
KANETADA (
兼忠
), Gifu – “Kanetada” (
兼忠
), real name Ishihara Keiichi (
石原銈一
), born October 10th 1920, he worked as a guntō smith.
I'm no expert in Japanese
reading
markings on the Nakago.
If I make a mistake in translation, please correct me.
International Priority (with tracking number) shipping cost:
European Union countries: 50$ USA
United States and Canada: 60$ USA
You can shipping by EMS or fully insured.