日本帝国の拳铳 - Page 2

sheepherder · 09-21-2009, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by worldoftone

A friend of mine . . . his father had captured a Samurai sword during WWII. They had it here in the States for many, many years. Eventually they got in touch with the original family in Japan that this sword had come from. Evidently some of these swords have been in families for literally 100's of years and are considered serious family heirlooms. As a sign of good will, the two families eventually met and the sword was returned. Both sides now consider themselves as part of the same family now.

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During the war, the Japanese people were encouraged to donate their family heirloom swords for the war effort. They were shortened (from the grip end) and re-gripped to Army specs, and issued to officers & NCOs. Some of the blades were works of art fashioned by masters in the trade, hundreds of years previously...

worldoftone · 09-21-2009, 06:53 PM

WOW! Didn't know that.

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alvin · 09-21-2009, 09:59 PM

Type 95 Shin-Gunto was not the actual Japanese class family Samurai sword that was hand built by craftsmen but a factory mass produced copy instead, and it was these that were issued to all Japanese NCOs in WWII.

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09-21-2009, 06:53 PM	#2
worldoftone User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 81 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	WOW! Didn't know that. - WOT

09-21-2009, 09:59 PM	#3
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	Type 95 Shin-Gunto was not the actual Japanese class family Samurai sword that was hand built by craftsmen but a factory mass produced copy instead, and it was these that were issued to all Japanese NCOs in WWII.