"Imperial Japanese Officer Hiroo Onoda from Stoessi's Heroes" Topic
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| Stoessi | 07 Feb 2017 2:42 a.m. PST |
Check out one more miniature from the next release wave from Stoessi's Heroes coming out soon:
If you want to learn more about the story behind Hiroo Onoda, take a look here: link |
| freerangeegg | 07 Feb 2017 5:19 a.m. PST |
Is there a reason he has the scabbard on his sword? |
| CVA31bhr | 07 Feb 2017 6:08 a.m. PST |
Japanese who fancied themselves as swordsmen often hand carried their katana instead of clipping it to their waist belt.
Corsair |
| Norman D Landings | 07 Feb 2017 6:46 a.m. PST |
Hand-carried their WHAT, now? Even if by some chance it was an original hand forged weapon, and not a cheap mass-produced Type 94 Shin Gunto – "clipped to belt" would indicate a tachi rather than a katana. I know this is 'teh internetz', but let's leave the "all Japanese swords are katanas" to 13-year old fanboiz. |
| Costanzo1 | 07 Feb 2017 7:22 a.m. PST |
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Joes Shop  | 07 Feb 2017 7:44 a.m. PST |
Excellent Figure! I will certainly be purchasing same, but, Norman D. Landings is correct. No Japanese Officer (or civilian martial artist) would ever hold a katana that way: first, I can't tell from the picture but the katana does not seem to be 'connected' to anything yet the figure is drawing out of the saya (scabbard)-? If carried in the hand the fingers would obtain a grip over the tsuba (guard) pressing down on the fuchi (collar) so the blade would remain stable and inert inside the saya (scabbard). The fit of the blade to the saya (scabbard) is exact but loose to allow for the draw. The way the figure is holding the tsuka (handle) the saya (scabbard) would simply fall to the ground. |
| dBerczerk | 07 Feb 2017 9:19 a.m. PST |
Blasted rust! This Pacific humidity will be the death of me yet. |
| Patrick Sexton | 08 Feb 2017 10:25 a.m. PST |
OK, for what it is worth, I was watching the episode of The World at War on the Malaysian Campaign and saw several Japanese officers holding their swords in a very similar fashion to the figure above. Just saying. |
| Joes Shop | 08 Feb 2017 10:45 a.m. PST |
Patrick: if the sageo (cord) was wrapped and tied through the openings in the tsuba (guard) then it could be carried that way in one hand and the blade would not slip out while traveling. I could see that as a way to travel with it in jungle terrain. On the figure (it's difficult to tell) it appears as if the blade has been partially drawn out-? |
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