It looks very Chinese to me, not Japanese. The way the dragons are depicted looks more Chinese, as does the scenery to my eyes. Japanese style is...
Very interesting history! The hammer is interesting, as though the handle is extremely short (these are often used like this by cobblers and...
Sorry for the lateness of this reply. However, There is am amazing article here on WW1 American helmets:...
It is probably WD 38. This is the mark of William Dobson & Son of Birmingham, who started in 1938 but only made them for a couple years or so.
;):happy::joyful: Well that's one way of looking at it I suppose! He, he. Here are a few standard tsuba found on WWII Army katana. These were all...
I tend to work the other way round Komo, blade first, then signature. I once owned an exquisite wakizashi, in the shirasaya that you mentioned. I...
Actually Komo, to be more accurate, the tang may tell the story of the blade. The blade tells the story of the blade, and needs to be looked at...
I am thinking that this sword was possibly put together post war, but using many genuine parts. The kabuto gane, (Pommel) is a shin-Gunto type,...
All farms here had a forge, and some of the people who wworked there were very skillful and multi-talented. Many made knives, made and fitted...
Near enough, and understandable, but Eickhorn means a squirrel. The logo with the squirrel and the sword was the last version of their logo,...
Certainly a thumbs up would be helpful ! :D
Well just to prove that you really do learn something new every day! I have collected edged weapons etc. for nearly sixty years, and when I...
German 1898 pattern bayonet, 75th Regiment, 8th Company, weapon number 101. made by WKC (Weyersburg, Kirschbaum & Cie.). I have seen a number of...
No, they are not rare as such, but they are rare in this condition!
I can well understand why you say that, but I think it is actually polished nickel, and period. I have seen other swords of the period in this...
I am certainly no expert on these weapons, so this is just a sort of educated hunch, but I believe that this is a Third Reich period...
The tre kroner (three Crowns), would seem to make them Swedish, not German. The single finger on the right hand is probably for sniper use.
Like Komo, I'd pass too. Modern(ish) put together pistols, but made with a few old original parts, and badly put together as well. IMHO not...
I did make some helmets for Regia Anglorum, a British early medieval group. They complained about two things, one, I stamped my work with a small...
A modern, poorly made and rather crude, SCA helmet I am afraid. These are made for re enactment combat, with little or no regard to historical...
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