Get some good books and source materials and read and then read some more.... Nice catch......
My first NCO Sword
I just picked up my first Japanese NCO sword yesterday and am really happy with it. Looks to be an Iijima-made sword with a fairly low serial and an iron tsuba. The blade is in excellent shape and has now dings, rust, or signs of resharpening as far as I can tell.
Pictures: Here
Swords are definitely not something I know a ton about, so what do y'all think? I'm kind of kicking myself for not getting one sooner!
Pictures: Here
Swords are definitely not something I know a ton about, so what do y'all think? I'm kind of kicking myself for not getting one sooner!
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Looks good to me, have owned a few NCOs, have always passed them along at some point but should’ve kept one along the way. Nice looking piece!
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Thanks! I feel like I got real lucky with this and got it at a price I can live with.
Does anyone know about when this may have been made? Also, is Iijima any more or less rare than the other manufacturers?
Does anyone know about when this may have been made? Also, is Iijima any more or less rare than the other manufacturers?
I love the Type 95s. Wound up with 8 of them to get a representation of the major style variations.
I don't know anything about the Ijima factory, but my sense is that they were a fairly large operation. Seems I see them as much as Suya Shoten blades.
You can read up on them at these great sites:
Non-commissioned officers Gunto 1935 (Type 95 Guntō)/title> (ohmura-study.net)
Short Development History of Type 95 Gunto (warrelics.eu)
IJA Type 95 NCO Sword Info (warrelics.eu)
There are a couple guys that could give you a specific year, but I'm not one of them! The type was authorized in 1935 and I want to say they were making about 18,000 per year (may be wrong about that), so this would put yours in the 1937-8 range.
I don't know anything about the Ijima factory, but my sense is that they were a fairly large operation. Seems I see them as much as Suya Shoten blades.
You can read up on them at these great sites:
Non-commissioned officers Gunto 1935 (Type 95 Guntō)/title> (ohmura-study.net)
Short Development History of Type 95 Gunto (warrelics.eu)
IJA Type 95 NCO Sword Info (warrelics.eu)
There are a couple guys that could give you a specific year, but I'm not one of them! The type was authorized in 1935 and I want to say they were making about 18,000 per year (may be wrong about that), so this would put yours in the 1937-8 range.
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