I have a few old ww2 swords my grandfather brought home from the war. I better take a closer look at them. He was in Germany though not the Pacific. So probably not a Japanese sword. He was with the troops that liberated Dauchau. Even growing up as a young kid born in 1957, I rember how fearful those Japanese swirds looked to me and how cruely they were used by the Japanese. There were a lot of WW2 shows and movies back then that kept the memories alive. Probably more than many wanted them to when all the veterans wanted was to forget and put the war behind them.
@wildwestfaces right back at ya...I will watch from tome to time..am off grid quite a bit these days. Retired and GLAMPING...LOL...ALSO utubing to let my sons what I am up to in the aussie bush...didnt realise just how much fun this period in o es life can be...we reap what we sow..thanks again for your fab channel.. cheers
So as far as the southwest in the 1800's , the first Japanese visitors to the Americas was in Mexico in the 1600's . The shogun sent his emissaries with Spaniards to conduct trading, peace deals with them . The Nahua amerindian of Mexico encountered the Japanese as well. Perhaps some gift exchange of swords could have started making its way around the southwest . Later in the late 1800's a colony of Japanese tried settling in the southwest , Mexico. Japanese also started setting up in west coast America. Some of these new visitors were of Samurai family.
Very interesting video I am aware of the photo with the Indian scout with the Katana, never could find out much on the backstory of where he got it but certainly interesting I have 3 good katanas , two have older blades, the other has a hand forged but probably 20th Also have an aluminum handle officers sword ( not supposed to call them a Katana 😃) Years ago I used to run an add looking military stuff and got them through that except for the officer sword I bought at action for $100 Had an old vet tell me when they were coming home they could pick from 3 piles a rifle, a sword or a pistol. Most guys wanted a sword This guy brought back a Japanese saddle !
Very interesting ! Thank you my friend, I think you and I have very similar interests ! I picked up these years ago, I don't think I could afford to buy them now ! Cheers
@@wildwestfaces If I ever come across any swords & they R authentic,I will be happy to let U know where they are. It will be nice to add to Ur collection, U have some very nice swords. Thank U for this video🪶
I have an IJA NCO sword. Well -- just the blade and a well-abused scabbard. No Tsuba or handle. It was given to me by a Marine buddy, I was in Japan with. No doubt it had kicked around the Corps for decades. We were in the WestPac in '75/'76.
In the mid 70s I worked at a gun store. Someone had traded in a Japanese Soldiers Katana and scabbard. I could have picked it up for $40.00. Needles ta say I passed on it. Big loss.
Did Chief Red Cloud travel in western Canada? There are quite a few Canadians who are Japanese by lineage. Their forefathers and mothers settled along the Pacific Northwest coast from Alaska to California, setting up fishing and mercantile companies/businesses. Maybe the cheif got that sword directly from someone who was Japanese living in North America.
@wildwestfaces I had a job that used to take me into Saskatchewan and Alberta. That's how I met Japanese-Canadians. I believe this is what is called a first-hand source in the social sciences. Similar to their American counterparts, Japanese-Canadians also endured disenfranchisement and internment during the Second World War. Keep making content. Your channel is bad ass.
this is david and janette from tasmania it does not mater were you come from i the world as long as you know were you started and what you done and were you are going we all need a sense of belonging the indians believe in spirets japaneese sword go back through generations it would have been nice to returne sword to familys becouse that hold ther family noledge sorry about spelling 60 and still lerning great show and at least you explain things very well god bless😃❤💯👍👍
''Red Sun,'' [1971] is a Spaghetti Western starring Charles Bronson and Toshiro Mifune. A golden-cased katana -- intended as a present from the Mikado of Japan to President Grant -- is stolen from an Eastbound train by bandits. Bronson is recruited to track down the desperados so samurai Mifune can recover it. Together they fight Indians, brushfires, the desert. and bad women on their journey. The samurai is given a wakizashi with a silken cord of seven knots. Each day he is to unravel one knot. They are to meet the returning train in one week with the prize. If Mifune has not secured the sword before he meets the train on the last day, he is to commit seppuku, having failed.
Hello Sir, I am from the Navajo reservation and how I want to know is how some of the Navajo blankets end up in the plains did my ancestors trade with them I don't know if you have any information I would appreciate it if you do Until then walk n beauty from the great Navajo Nation
I think that would be exactly what happened ! Through trade, I have been reading so much about how all the tribes traded so much more than I ever realised, cheers
Guntos are WWTwo swords. I am not an expert, but have quite a knowledge. Have to watch the swords of the photos again if they look like guntos. After the Boshin wars in the 1860s a lot of samurai fighting for the shogunat tried to find another live. Maybe some ( i never heard of it ) went to the us. But i cannot say why they tradet their swords, their souls. 1877 September the Samuray fought their last battle at shiroyama. They all died. So i dont think only one of them escaped. They wantet to dy in this attack, the last was Kirino Toshiaki. The last of the great Samuray swordsmen.
Red Clouds sword will be one of the most treasured sword of japan history. Except of the other great swords we look to find. But it will be a great sword. The great sword of kondo isami, his great Kotetsu was find only a View years ago.
Wow, you learn something new every day! Thanks for another video 👍
Thank you !! Cheers
So cool
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Well you don't see that every day.
Definitely, cheers
Great research work and report Wwf. Many thanks and best regards!
Thank you Sir, much appreciated, cheers 👍
I have a few old ww2 swords my grandfather brought home from the war. I better take a closer look at them.
He was in Germany though not the Pacific. So probably not a Japanese sword. He was with the troops that liberated Dauchau.
Even growing up as a young kid born in 1957, I rember how fearful those Japanese swirds looked to me and how cruely they were used by the Japanese. There were a lot of WW2 shows and movies back then that kept the memories alive. Probably more than many wanted them to when all the veterans wanted was to forget and put the war behind them.
Yes, do ! I love swords !! Cheers
So war trophies 😂
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Excellent, thank you for your kind words, love Australia 🇦🇺 cheers
@wildwestfaces right back at ya...I will watch from tome to time..am off grid quite a bit these days. Retired and GLAMPING...LOL...ALSO utubing to let my sons what I am up to in the aussie bush...didnt realise just how much fun this period in o es life can be...we reap what we sow..thanks again for your fab channel.. cheers
So as far as the southwest in the 1800's , the first Japanese visitors to the Americas was in Mexico in the 1600's . The shogun sent his emissaries with Spaniards to conduct trading, peace deals with them . The Nahua amerindian of Mexico encountered the Japanese as well. Perhaps some gift exchange of swords could have started making its way around the southwest . Later in the late 1800's a colony of Japanese tried settling in the southwest , Mexico. Japanese also started setting up in west coast America. Some of these new visitors were of Samurai family.
Fascinating !! Thank you for sharing this interesting information ! Love it, all the best 👍
Entertaianed and educated well done .
Thank you !! Cheers
Great vid
Thank you ! Cheers
Good video 👍
Cheers !
Very interesting video
I am aware of the photo with the Indian scout with the Katana, never could find out much on the backstory of where he got it but certainly interesting
I have 3 good katanas , two have older blades, the other has a hand forged but probably 20th
Also have an aluminum handle officers sword ( not supposed to call them a Katana 😃)
Years ago I used to run an add looking military stuff and got them through that except for the officer sword I bought at action for $100
Had an old vet tell me when they were coming home they could pick from 3 piles a rifle, a sword or a pistol. Most guys wanted a sword
This guy brought back a Japanese saddle !
Very interesting ! Thank you my friend, I think you and I have very similar interests ! I picked up these years ago, I don't think I could afford to buy them now ! Cheers
@@wildwestfaces If I ever come across any swords & they R authentic,I will be happy to let U know where they are. It will be nice to add to Ur collection, U have some very nice swords. Thank U for this video🪶
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Cheers
Incredible!!! Red Cloud possessed a katana!!!??? 😳😳😳
I know, crazy stuff !! Cheers
Shin Gunto is pronounced sheen goonto. This was interesting and well done.
Cheers, it's hard to get this guy to pronounce anything right ! 😉
@@wildwestfaces I studied Japanese for a few years. Believe me, very few get the pronunciation correct. This was a great presentation.
I bet there’s a good story there somewhere about how he got it
Definitely ! Cheers
Very interesting vid, cheers 👍
Thank you ! Cheers
I have an IJA NCO sword. Well -- just the blade and a well-abused scabbard. No Tsuba or handle. It was given to me by a Marine buddy, I was in Japan with. No doubt it had kicked around the Corps for decades. We were in the WestPac in '75/'76.
Excellent ! Thank you for sharing, cheers 👍
I wonder if they had any training in how to use the blades ?
In the mid 70s I worked at a gun store. Someone had traded in a Japanese Soldiers Katana and scabbard. I could have picked it up
for $40.00. Needles ta say I passed on it. Big loss.
Arghhhh !!! Definitely ! Cheers 👍
Did Chief Red Cloud travel in western Canada? There are quite a few Canadians who are Japanese by lineage. Their forefathers and mothers settled along the Pacific Northwest coast from Alaska to California, setting up fishing and mercantile companies/businesses. Maybe the cheif got that sword directly from someone who was Japanese living in North America.
I haven't seen anything about that but it is possible, further research needed !! Thank you 👍
@wildwestfaces I had a job that used to take me into Saskatchewan and Alberta. That's how I met Japanese-Canadians. I believe this is what is called a first-hand source in the social sciences. Similar to their American counterparts, Japanese-Canadians also endured disenfranchisement and internment during the Second World War. Keep making content. Your channel is bad ass.
Cheers @@ibnsabeel9466
Yoo please do a video about my ancestor chief Pontiac that would be so cool 💯
Let me check, thank you !!
this is david and janette from tasmania it does not mater were you come from i the world as long as you know were you started and what you done and were you are going we all need a sense of belonging the indians believe in spirets japaneese sword go back through generations it would have been nice to returne sword to familys becouse that hold ther family noledge sorry about spelling 60 and still lerning great show and at least you explain things very well god bless😃❤💯👍👍
Thank you my friend, very thoughtful words and well said, God bless you both, cheers 👍
''Red Sun,'' [1971] is a Spaghetti Western starring Charles Bronson and Toshiro Mifune. A golden-cased katana -- intended as a present from the Mikado of Japan to President Grant -- is stolen from an Eastbound train by bandits. Bronson is recruited to track down the desperados so samurai Mifune can recover it. Together they fight Indians, brushfires, the desert. and bad women on their journey. The samurai is given a wakizashi with a silken cord of seven knots. Each day he is to unravel one knot. They are to meet the returning train in one week with the prize.
If Mifune has not secured the sword before he meets the train on the last day, he is to commit seppuku, having failed.
Wow thank you ! what a story ! Love it, cheers
Red Sun was a good movie
@@grandmab4049 Yes, it was. Haven't seen it in years, but this video reminded me, so I looked it up on IMDb.
Hello Sir, I am from the Navajo reservation and how I want to know is how some of the Navajo blankets end up in the plains did my ancestors trade with them I don't know if you have any information I would appreciate it if you do
Until then walk n beauty from the great Navajo Nation
I think that would be exactly what happened ! Through trade, I have been reading so much about how all the tribes traded so much more than I ever realised, cheers
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Cheers !
I would like hear more
Cheers 👍
I have a very old blade that was surrendered on the kokoda trail in New Guinea in 1942. It is pre samurai dating to the 1500s
Fantastic !! What a treasure ! Thank you for sharing this, I wish it was mine !! All the best
Guntos are WWTwo swords. I am not an expert, but have quite a knowledge. Have to watch the swords of the photos again if they look like guntos. After the Boshin wars in the 1860s a lot of samurai fighting for the shogunat tried to find another live. Maybe some ( i never heard of it ) went to the us. But i cannot say why they tradet their swords, their souls. 1877 September the Samuray fought their last battle at shiroyama. They all died. So i dont think only one of them escaped. They wantet to dy in this attack, the last was Kirino Toshiaki. The last of the great Samuray swordsmen.
Red Clouds sword will be one of the most treasured sword of japan history. Except of the other great swords we look to find. But it will be a great sword. The great sword of kondo isami, his great Kotetsu was find only a View years ago.
We know where the great sword of toshizo is. In his Family Museum. When he died, he sent off bis Friend to bring it back to his Family.
Thank you ! Cheers
Charlie Bronson gave one katana to the president after Toshiro Mifune was killed by Alain Delon .
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Is this real?
Yes it's real ! Cheers
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Cheers !