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Originally Posted by Nagoyankee
I doubt that it was common to paint the sheaths during WWII. All materials were in a serious shortage back then. They may have painted them, but not nearly as lavishly as they had before they got into the war.
This is why the swords produced in that period are now being bought and sold for at least 10 times less than the ones produced before WWII, many of which were magnificient pieces of art and not just mass-produced weapons.
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I must ask, were the Katana's used in WWII, or were they mostly symbolism of rank and importance, as they are for the militaries of the west?