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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;the blacksmith, post: 9864226, member: 20148&quot;]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Well that&#039;s one way of looking at it I suppose! He, he.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few standard tsuba found on WWII Army katana. These were all mass produced.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]494745[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]494746[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]494747[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]494750[/ATTACH] </p><p>Here you can see that the fuchi (collat on the bottom of the grip matches), the pommel on the top would also normally match too.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]494752[/ATTACH] </p><p>Matching set with bamboo motive. I have had a katan with this pattern of fittings. Possibly used by an officer, or perhaps a civilian attached to the militart, who also carried swords. These shown here are bright, but they can also be patinated to a dark finish.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]494753[/ATTACH] </p><p>This is the standard Army type of tsuba, used on perhaps 95% of Shin-Gunto katana. However, that shown here has a pierced design around the outer edge, which was an optional extra, and is usually a sign of a better quality blade, or maybe an older ancestral blade. The oldest Army sword that I have owned with this type of tsuba, had a blade that dated to the Nambokucho period, ca. 1336- ca. 1392.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]494754[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>All the above were mass produced and available for private purchase.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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