Hand forged Type 98 Gunto (gendai or gendaito) signed Teruhiro 照广

This is a Japanese commissioned officer Hand forged Type 98 Gunto (gendai or gendaito)

signed Teruhiro 照广,25 3/4 inches. For those who wants to start collecting Katana but unsure whether he wants to be a serious collector, you can start with these relatively inexpensive Gentaito. The advantages are firstly you can have a traditionally made katana plus the advantage of it in military fitting. There are huge followers of military edge weapons and the Gentaito has the advantage of traditional method of making versus the arsenal made.

Photos showing Nihonto polishing in progress:

1. Stage 1

2. Stage 2

3. Stage 3 polishing