Symbol on japanese arisaka blade

[Remka]

Hello,

Does anyone know what the symbol mean under the logo of the arsenal? I do not normally see it on the blades of other arisaka bayonets.

Thanks.

[GHP]

I looked around google images and found a similar marking. Yours might be slightly double-stamped? I'm no expert!

The image below shows the kanji "kan" 官 meaning government/bureaucracy


--Guy

[BruceP]

Guy,

Do you think this one is similar, just poorly struck, or is it something else you might recognize?

It's on a Kyu-gunto, posted on NMB.

[Remka]

Thank you for your help GHP.
I would have liked to know why this kanji is affixed on some bayonets and not the others.

[GHP]

Thank you for your help GHP.
I would have liked to know why this kanji is affixed on some bayonets and not the others.

We'll have to wait for a bayonet "guru" to answer your question.
Found another one here (image below). No web page or further description of the mark. It looks like yours -- I now do not think yours is double-stamped: note the sameness of that top portion. Perhaps a modification of the kanji 官?

In looking through the various "parts" of the kanji (the top portion + bottom portion] I found three kanji that have that lower box section with the connecting line along the left:

官 - government/bureaucracy
菅 - sedge, a type of grass
管 - drunken talk; pipe; tube; wind instrument

But I sure don't know! That kanji could also be a company "trademark" that artistically morphs or resembles 官.

-- Guy

[zachb]

This is one of several types of blade inspection marks found on Tokyo Bayonets. I don't know if it has been identified beyond that.

[BruceP]

Guy, forgive me for "borrowing" this thread, but did you see my post (#3) about another mystery stamp on a Kyugunto?

[GHP]

Guy, forgive me for "borrowing" this thread, but did you see my post (#3) about another mystery stamp on a Kyugunto?

Sorry -- yes, I saw it but couldn't make heads of tails of it. It looked like a crescent moon with three lines emanating from the concave side. ... or kinda like the Euro symbol €




--Guy

[BruceP]

Thanks Guy. Must be an old manufacturer’s mark. I didn’t think it was a recognizable kanji, but if anyone could make it out at all, it would be you.

Thanks again!

[Remka]

Thank you very much for these translations Guy, and thank you very much zachb for informing me about this marking.

Best regards.