Hanwei Yasukuni captain's gunto. nakago Update
Jan 12, 2011 12:15:29 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2011 12:15:29 GMT
When i started collecting swords, i was only interested in the Katana, but somehow, the interest of the other Japanese weapons began. First i thought it would be nice with a Tanto, then a Wakizashi, and all of a sudden, the Gunto.
I'm not sure how it happened, but i wanned a Gunto, i actually disliked them in the beginning.
But i'm glad i bought it, cause i am now a Gunto fan... :-)
I have borrowed the specs from Hanwei's site:
Overall: 37 3/8"
Blade Length: 26 3/8"
Handle Length: 9 1/4"
Weight: 2lb 10oz
Blade Steel: 1095
I picked it up at the postal office this morning, the package was actually quite heavy, but i got home.
The whole thin was wrapped very tightly.
Like a little kid unpacking his Christmas presents, i was on a "high" all most shaking of joy over the new sword i was unpacking.
Kaiyo had sent pictures to me, and as a pleasant surprise, it came in an wooden box, i didn't know that when a bought it.
The wooden box is a pure win for me, i like these little details, and i think it's a good choice to put these new swords in wooden boxes. It just makes the whole "first look" experience so much more uhm "wow" :-)
The sword came in the standard black swordbag, thought it's much softer that usual.
I took it out of the sword bag very slowly, although it was hard not to rip the bag of. :-)
My first impression was WOW, this thing is beautiful, small but quite heavy. It's filled with so many nice details that it will take me days to fully explore it.
There were the usual substance on the blade, but this was much harder to get of, i had to use dishwasher and a soft cloth, and it came of in the end.
I began looking at all the details on the tsuka, it have i nice tappert shape and is very short.
The same is the standard kind, no emperor nodes here, but i'm not really a sucker for awesome quality same so this is just fine for me.
The kashira is the typical gunto style, that makes you think back to the Tachi, i love it, the "sageo" is tied to it and is brown and blue. It is made of silk, and good quality to.
Menuki is golden sakura.
The fittings is beautiful, especially the tsuba, it's just so elegant, with the sakura flowers on. It looks brutal with the this tsuba and multiple seppas. On the side of the fuchi is the button that releases the sword from the saya.
The tsuka looks nice, and it have a nice feeling to it, it's nicely shaped though not waisted.
The saya has a uhm? "belt hanger" it is sakura themed, and colored in brown and golden colors.
I little further down on the saya, we have another ornament, i do not know the name of that one, bit, it looks great, and allso leads to think of the ol tachi.
At the end of the saya we have a kojiri still in sakura theme like the rest of the sword.
The saya is made of aluminium (i think) and have a wooden core.
Here you can see how well the locking system works.
The blade is awesome. It's perfectly tappert like none of the other swords i have held, and is has and original feeling to it. I have held a gunto from WW2 and this comes very very close to the "real" thing.
The Hamon is beautiful, and irregular, not borring and uniform like most on the market.
It has a geometric yokote, and again a big surprise, i did not know that.
I will try to get some pictures later, cause the dark and cloudy weather we have right now, would no do the blade any justice.
Last a have taken some pictures of some of the other swords i have, just so you guys can compare it.
The green one is the Raptor shobu, then the PPK, Gunto and last WSS Ko-katana.
The sword is actually kind of heavy, but when that is said, i'm sure this was originally made as a one hand weapon, the whole feeling of it appeals more to one hand use. It makes sense, the captain would lead his troops with a pistol in the one hand, and maybe the sword in the other.
Pros:
Nicely made sword.
"original" feeling to it.
Wooden box.
Just the whole sword in general.
Cons:
Ordinary same. (i know not much, but it was hard to find any minus about this sword)
Thank you Marc for this awesome deal, and thank you Kaiyo for making this so easy :-)
Update: 12/1-2011...................................................................................................
I have taken a little more pictures of the blade. I gave it a "quicky" with metal-glo to get rid of the standard hanwei frosting. And it look awesome now :-)
Update: 14/1-2011...................................................................................................
So, i took of the tsuka today, damn that was hard.
There were no cracks so that was just perfect.
The mei is very nice, it doesn't look like the standard hanwei dreml one, this actually looks man made
I'm not sure how it happened, but i wanned a Gunto, i actually disliked them in the beginning.
But i'm glad i bought it, cause i am now a Gunto fan... :-)
I have borrowed the specs from Hanwei's site:
Overall: 37 3/8"
Blade Length: 26 3/8"
Handle Length: 9 1/4"
Weight: 2lb 10oz
Blade Steel: 1095
I picked it up at the postal office this morning, the package was actually quite heavy, but i got home.
The whole thin was wrapped very tightly.
Like a little kid unpacking his Christmas presents, i was on a "high" all most shaking of joy over the new sword i was unpacking.
Kaiyo had sent pictures to me, and as a pleasant surprise, it came in an wooden box, i didn't know that when a bought it.
The wooden box is a pure win for me, i like these little details, and i think it's a good choice to put these new swords in wooden boxes. It just makes the whole "first look" experience so much more uhm "wow" :-)
The sword came in the standard black swordbag, thought it's much softer that usual.
I took it out of the sword bag very slowly, although it was hard not to rip the bag of. :-)
My first impression was WOW, this thing is beautiful, small but quite heavy. It's filled with so many nice details that it will take me days to fully explore it.
There were the usual substance on the blade, but this was much harder to get of, i had to use dishwasher and a soft cloth, and it came of in the end.
I began looking at all the details on the tsuka, it have i nice tappert shape and is very short.
The same is the standard kind, no emperor nodes here, but i'm not really a sucker for awesome quality same so this is just fine for me.
The kashira is the typical gunto style, that makes you think back to the Tachi, i love it, the "sageo" is tied to it and is brown and blue. It is made of silk, and good quality to.
Menuki is golden sakura.
The fittings is beautiful, especially the tsuba, it's just so elegant, with the sakura flowers on. It looks brutal with the this tsuba and multiple seppas. On the side of the fuchi is the button that releases the sword from the saya.
The tsuka looks nice, and it have a nice feeling to it, it's nicely shaped though not waisted.
The saya has a uhm? "belt hanger" it is sakura themed, and colored in brown and golden colors.
I little further down on the saya, we have another ornament, i do not know the name of that one, bit, it looks great, and allso leads to think of the ol tachi.
At the end of the saya we have a kojiri still in sakura theme like the rest of the sword.
The saya is made of aluminium (i think) and have a wooden core.
Here you can see how well the locking system works.
The blade is awesome. It's perfectly tappert like none of the other swords i have held, and is has and original feeling to it. I have held a gunto from WW2 and this comes very very close to the "real" thing.
The Hamon is beautiful, and irregular, not borring and uniform like most on the market.
It has a geometric yokote, and again a big surprise, i did not know that.
I will try to get some pictures later, cause the dark and cloudy weather we have right now, would no do the blade any justice.
Last a have taken some pictures of some of the other swords i have, just so you guys can compare it.
The green one is the Raptor shobu, then the PPK, Gunto and last WSS Ko-katana.
The sword is actually kind of heavy, but when that is said, i'm sure this was originally made as a one hand weapon, the whole feeling of it appeals more to one hand use. It makes sense, the captain would lead his troops with a pistol in the one hand, and maybe the sword in the other.
Pros:
Nicely made sword.
"original" feeling to it.
Wooden box.
Just the whole sword in general.
Cons:
Ordinary same. (i know not much, but it was hard to find any minus about this sword)
Thank you Marc for this awesome deal, and thank you Kaiyo for making this so easy :-)
Update: 12/1-2011...................................................................................................
I have taken a little more pictures of the blade. I gave it a "quicky" with metal-glo to get rid of the standard hanwei frosting. And it look awesome now :-)
Update: 14/1-2011...................................................................................................
So, i took of the tsuka today, damn that was hard.
There were no cracks so that was just perfect.
The mei is very nice, it doesn't look like the standard hanwei dreml one, this actually looks man made