Japanese Army Sword

[Gozzy90]

Hi all,

looking at this sword it looks like it’s in Army mounts but the scabbard has two hanging rings which I thought was associated with navy swords? Strange one to me. Any input would be really helpful.

thanks everyone

[Steve Flanagan]

There were shingunto model swords with removable scabbard mounts, also if you have access to sword compare length of blade to length of scabbard as blade looks a bit short, might be photo

[BruceP]

Type 94, Japanese officer gunto. The "shingunto" or "new Army sword" was officially ordered by the Emperor in 1934, and it had 2 ashi (hanger loops), the lower one being removeable. In 1938, the single looped version was commissioned, called the Type 98. So yours was likely made between 1934 and 1938.

You can see pictures of the 94 here: http://ohmura-study.net/931.html

[Gozzy90]

Great info! Thanks everyone.

[GHP]

Any chance of you removing the handle to see if it is signed by the smith? Military swords are of no great value (relative to the true Japanese Sword "Nippon-Tou"), but it's fun knowing who made the sword.

[ottodog8]

In my experience, those early style mounts have a pretty good chance of having a good quality blade. Worth checking.

Steve

[Stu W]

Yasukunito can sometimes be found in Type 34 mounts.

http://www.jp-sword.com/files/yasukuni/yasukunito.html

Regards,
Stu

[reeder3]

Although this has two suspension rings, the saya is the later wooden type. Generally these contain low-grade showato. The Type 94s I’ve seen all had pierced tsubas with a push button.