japanese ncos sword

[paul w]

Gents,could I have some opinions on this sword please.Could I also get some advice on the following questions.Firstly,there are what I believe to be armoury markings on the hilt,can anyone tell me what armoury or factory they refer to?.There is a leather tassel with the sword,how is this attached or displayed?There is rust in places on the hilt and scabbard.I'd like to clean this off to prevent further deterioration,is this in order and whats the best way to do it? Would I be right in saying that it is not recommended to touch the blade or can this be restored at all? And finally,can anyone recommend a place to purchase a plain wooden sword stand for display purposes?Thanks for any help you can give,

Paul

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[Steve Flanagan]

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In this particular case the blade is strictly utilitarian machine made steel so using Flitz or some other non abrasive polish will not harm or affect the blades value, lightly used on the scabbard wont hurt anything and it protects it from handling marks and rust should someone handle the blade then put it back in the scabbard.

[ROBB]

Looks like a nice Nco's sword ,funnily enough I was just looking at the Japanese sword forum( for special swords only) and someone described them as 100 $ junk ! . To me its a nice historical piece , a light wipe of oil on the blade wipe of the excess and job done .As for the tassle it would have gone through the loop at the top which is missing of your sword but they can be bought on USA ebay without too much difficulty .Rob

[Paul V]

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Looks like a very nice NCO sword with typical manufactures inspection stamp!

The four cannonball logo of the kokura Arsenal,Toyko, The small stamp is likely inspection mark for same arsenal and the mark with what looks like a x is unkown according to book on pg88 of Japenese military and cival swords and dirks by Fuller!

Hope that helps!

Better pic of blade can tell you what can be done!

But yes keep finger prints off of it!


PVON

[Edokko]

This Type 95 NCO sword was made by the Iijima Token Seisakusho (IIjima Sword Manufcaturing Co., Ltd.) in Tokyo. The stacked cannonball logo for this sword respresents the Army Tokyo Arsenal as the supervising arsenal and the small Kanji "to" mark is the inspection mark for the Tokyo Arsenal.
Same stacked cannonball logo is used by the Kokura arsenal in the island of Kyushu, but for that case, the inspection mark will be the Kanji "ko".

$100 junk ?? Not !!!

[paddywhack]

i will GLADLY take any of their real NCO swords for $100 if they consider them junk!!!!!!

[Andy Harris]

X2. While the old traditionally-made katanas are beautiful pieces of work, and are in a class by themselves, to call these junk is no less than snobbery. Would someone with a Randall No. 1 Bowie call a K-Bar junk?
These shin-guntos were carried with the same level of valor and duty as the fine katanas carried by samurai at Sekigaraha and other battles, and in my opinion, are just as legitimate as collectors pieces.