NCO Sword..

[Erichjr]

Picked up a japanese nco sword yesterday, can anyone tell me
anything about the arsenal mark on the fuchi....
Also are all nco sword blades machine made?

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[zachb]

Nice original NCO sword. The markings on the fuchi indicate this sword was manufactured by Kokura (arsenal stamp on the right). The center stamp is an inspection mark, I'm not sure what the stamp on the left indicates. The scabbard also appears to be Kokura manufacture, are the numbers on the blade matching to the scabbard? As far as NCO's being machine made exclusively...as far as I know all NCO blades were machine made, though their could always be an exception. Zach

[Edokko]

Yes, all NCO swords, both the Type 32 and the Type 95 were 100% machine made. The Type 95 that you purchased looks to be in excellent condition, and will be great if the numbers match between the blade and the scabbard.
The maker of this particular sword is a contract manufacturer named Iijima Token of Tokyo, Japan. The left hand mark is the logo of this company, and for this case the supervising arsenal is the Tokyo Artillery Arsenal which shares the same stacked cannonball arsenal logo on the right as the Kokura Arsenal. The center Kanji mark is "to" which denotes that the inspection was done under supervision of Tokyo Arsenal.

[Andy Harris]

Nice NCO sword, ErichJR! It looks like it is in really good, original condition.

[Erichjr]

Thanks for the help on the marks on the fuchi.
The numbers on the blade match with the scabbard.
Erich