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1 exceptional antique Japanese Samurai sword available.  The blade itself was carried by Samurai from 1469-1487 A.D. up through World War 2.  This desirable Japanese antique would make an important addition to any collection.

This sword has extraordinary history helping to make it an exceptional Japanese antique.  The sword is an old Samurai blade–remounted during the Russo-Japanese War.  

The blade is signed, and has 4 holes.  I had the sword papered by the NTHK-NPO.  The sword is papered to Echizen Fujiwara Tsuguiye.  He worked during the Bunmei period of Japan–1469-1487 A.D.  

The hamon is hard to photograph, because the blade is all scratched up.  In person, one can see a beautiful wavy hamon.  The hamon is somewhat flat and then has periodic peaks.  The quality of the blade is confirmed by the papers–and by the 20 pt. rating for Tsuguiye in Hawley’s book.  

The blade measures 24 1/8″ (61.3 cm) from blade tip to the habaki.  The end of the tsuka/handle has a Samurai family mon.  

This sword has its original bringback box–the box that the U.S. soldier mailed the sword back home in.  On top of the box is a paper card reading ‘CERTIFICATE’ attached with tacks.  Under the paper card was found the original bringback paper.  

The handle is covered in polished rayskin–a higher class handle finish.   

1 antique Samurai kusarigama (sickle and chain) weapon available.  This Samurai weapon was made sometime in the 17th or 18th centuries.  This hard-to-find Japanese antique would make an important addition to any collection.  

Use of the kusarigama is called kusarigamajutsu.  Attacking with the weapon usually entailed swinging the weighted chain in a large circle over one’s head, and then whipping it forward to entangle an opponent’s spear, sword, or other weapon, or immobilizing his arms or legs. This allows the kusarigama user to rush forward and strike with the sickle.

A kusarigama wielder might also strike with the spinning weighted end of the chain directly while still outside the range of an opponent’s hand weapon.

There are great videos of martial artists practicing kusarigamajutsu on youtube.  

This kusarigama measures 16 1/2 inches in length.  The chain measures 61 inches.  

1 fine Frank J. Richtig World War II fighting knife available.   This fine WW2 Richtig fighter would make a rare addition to any knife or military collection.
 
This Richtig WW2 fighting knife has a 6″ blade.  This Richtig fighter measures 10 3/4″ overall.  The handle is stamped ‘F.J.R. CLARKSON NEB.’. 
 
This listing represents a rare opportunity to own a knife by a maker that Presidents and generals have been proud to own. M.H. Cole in his book The Best of U.S. Military Knives Bayonets & Machetes wrote, ” SOME OF RICHTIG’S SATISFIED CUSTOMERS WHO HAD SENT HIM LETTERS TO THAT EFFECT, ARE GEN. GEO. PATTON, GEN. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, GEN. DWIGHT EISENHOWER, & FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT, ADMIRAL CHESTER NIMITZ, AND OTHER NOTABLES .”

See photo 2 above from Mike Silvey’s book Knives of the United States Military World War II.     

1 antique WW2 Japanese Army tanto available.  Tanto swords like this one were carried by Japanese soldiers during World War II to evoke for them the spirit of the Samurai.  This Japanese tanto would make an important addition to any collection.

This tanto could be easily carried in a pack.  The blade measures 5 3/16″.  The nakago/tang is not signed.  When in its shirasaya, this tanto measures 9 1/8″ overall.  This Army tanto was a wavy temper line. 

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1 rare original Scagel carver available.  This original William Scagel knife would make an important addition to any premium collection.

The knife measures 15″ overall.  The front side of the blade is stamped ‘W. SCAGEL   HANDMADE’, and is stamped with the Scagel kris stamp. 

1 antique World War II Japanese Samurai army officer’s Muratato shin-gunto sword available.  A sword in this condition would make an important addition to any collection.

The tang has stamped kanji.  Murata Tsuneyoshi developed the “new Japanese-European combined sword system”.  

All military fittings are of excellent quality.  The seppa, tsuba, etc. all have the matching assembly numbers ’25’.  The blade measures 26 1/8″ from blade tip to notch in the blade spine.  This fine sword has a metal brown/red-lacquered scabbard.

This Muratato has a pierced tsuba.  The handle/tsuka has a tachi curvature to it.  

This sarute/tassel loop has a blue/brown company grade tassel.  

Here is information from Ohmura’s studies:

Murata-tō

 Tsuneyoshi Murata an army Major General Baron, is the expert of shooting. He developed the famous “Murata Rifle”.
 Then, he aspired after improvement of a Guntō and made the Guntō to the trial himself using the saber metal (sword
steel of German Solingen) of stock of the Tokyo Artillery Arsenal.
 Since this sword cut very well, he completed the blade which instruction of Kanenori Miyamoto, Sukekane Yokoyama, etc.
was received, Sweden steel and a Japanes steel ratio were dissolved by 6 to 4, and he dissolved mincement and this at
1,500 degrees C, and carried out One-piece forging (Ichimai-Gitae) and carried out oil hardening. The bone of the head
of a pig was splendidly cut in October, Meiji 24 (1891) using two blades by the sharpness examination in an Arsenal.
 Since there were no abnormalities in two blades, it depended on this result and this blade was adopted as the Guntō.
 This blade was cheap, since an officer was also easy to come to hand, it was greatly used by Nissin and the
Russo-Japanese War, and it was proved that it was the practical use Guntō strongly turned off well to rust.
 This blade was manufactured in the army “Tōkyō Artillery Arsenal (Tōkyō Hōhei Kōshō)” 
 The Mei cut with a “Shōjū (Rifle)-Kanemasa”, carried out the archaic script of the 4 characters of the Tsuneyoshi
Murata to the bottom of it, and struck the stamp compounded to 2 characters.
 Name of an era and the serial number are stamped on the reverse side of a Tang.
 In addition, the Mei of “Kanemasa” or “Murata Tsuneyoshi ” was cut by the sword which Tsuneyoshi Murata forge himself.
 In order that there might be no “Hamon” in the mass-produced blade, evaluation of a sword community was not obtained.

The blade which Yoshitsune Murata forge himself

Blade length: 83.185cm. Edge length: 66.357cm. Tang length: 16.827cm. Curvature(Sori): 0.714㎝

The blade style is “Kogarasumaru”. It seems that Hamon was drawn by etching. All the blades that he forge cannot be
found by this type. It seems that there was much ordinary structure. Three Mekugi holes mean that the Shirasaya, the
saber, etc and the Koshirae changed.
 It was dedicated by the Type-98 Koshirae, without touching a Mekugi hole. For the reason, Habaki has twice as many
ordinary length as this due to a Mekugi hole.

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“Mukade-giri-maru”which the Tsuneyoshi Murata made the model of the Murata-tō. 

Mukade-giri-maru: 1000 or more are a front Tachi. 

 The celebrated sword of the tradition said for the Hidesato Fujiwara to have received from Ryūjin. Now, this Tachi is
a treasured sword of the Ise Shrine. Major General Murata made this Mukade-giri-maru the model of the Murata-tō.

His Imperial Highness Prince Chichibu’s practice sword (reserve)

Edge length: 66.7cm. Curvature(Sori):1.6㎝

  ← Mei: The Tachi for Guntō way practice was imitated.
           This was manufactured in Tōkyō Artillery Arsenal 
    
Ura Mei: August, 1933 lucky day Serial № 116 →
          Tōkyō Artillery Arsenal trademark stamp

 When it guessed from a Mei and Emperor Taishō’s second Imperial prince
 (next Prince Chichibu) entered a military academy, this sword was
 presented to practice of the Guntō. 

 The Murata-tō which imitated the Mukade-giri-maru was presented to the Imperial-Family officer. There is no telling
who did the sword making when. After Major General Murata retired, this sword was modeled on the Tachi which the
Imperial-Family officer was using for practice of a Guntō, and was forged.
 It is a precious sword which can check the figure of the sword of the starting point of the Murata-tō.

Mass-production Murata-tō

Edge length: 61.5cm. Curvature(Sori): 0.9cm. Hi (Slot) which pierced through all blades and Middle-Kissaki.

← Mei; Shōjū (Rifle)-Kanemasa

Ura Mei: October, Meiji 23?(1890?) → 
Serial № 7-17 

Hard to read this sword tang Mei(signature) because the tang is
 rusty. Furthermore, an exact period cannot be read because of a
 Mekugi hole.
  If 1890 (?) years are right, it will be called the trial production
 blade or  a trial production mass-production blade before the army
 adoption in 1891.
  The stamp which compounded the archaic script of the Tsuneyoshi
 Murata to two characters is not found.
 

1 antique World War II Japanese Samurai Army Officer’s shin-gunto sword available.  This maker of this sword, Kaneyoshi, was awarded 4th Seat at the 1941 Japanese Sword Exhibition.  This sword would make an important addition to any collection. 

The blade measures 26 1/8″ (66.4 cm) from blade tip to notch in the blade spine.  There is a showa stamp above the signature. 

This sword has a desirable wavy temper line/hamon.  

This sword has a higher grade pierced tsuba.  Additionally, the saya has the high grade spatter-lacquer finish.  

1 antique Japanese samurai arrow point available.  This desirable exceptionally large size Japanese rope cutter arrowhead would make a fine addition to any collection.
 

The ancient 16th-18th century Japanese yajiri/arrowpoint was used by true Samurai.  This large arrowpoint measures 13 3/8″ (34 cm), including the tang.  The point itself measures 3 1/8″ (7.9 cm) by 2 1/2″ wide (6.4 cm). 

1 antique World War II Japanese Samurai gendai sword in shirasaya.  This gendaito (handmade) sword would make an important addition to any collection. 

This sword was made by Murayama KANETOSHI.  Kanetoshi was a Rikugen Jumei Tosho smith.  This is a fine example of his work.  

The blade measures 25 11/16″ (65.2 cm) from blade tip to notch in the blade spine.  This sword has a visible hada, and was traditionally-made with tamahagane. 

1 U.S. World War 2 Richtig fighting knife available.  Richtig fighters of this style (with brass guard and aluminum pommel) are pictured in Bill Walters’ Book II, and in Bill Wright’s Theater Knives book.  This desirable Richtig fighting knife would make an important addition to any U.S. military or world militaria collection. 

This knife was made by a legend in knife-making.  Frank Richtig had a secret steel tempering process that allowed him to slice through railroad spikes and automobile leaf springs.  Frank would demonstrate this at county fairs–after slicing a railroad spike or leaf spring, he would slice through a piece of paper with the same knife.  Frank earned himself a spot in a ‘Ripley’s Believe It or Not’ magazine in the 1930’s.  These knives can be used for decades, because of Frank’s superior craftsmanship.

This knife measures 10 1/8″ overall.  The blade itself measures 5 7/8″.  There is no sheath with this knife.  This Richtig knife is one of the unmarked knives that Richtig made.  Richtig was told by the War Production Board that he was only allowed to use a certain quantity of metals deemed important to the War effort.  Richtig called that decision ‘bul_____’–he felt what would be of greater importance than using these important metals in weapons?  So he made fighting knives during World War 2 beyond what the government allowed; he didn’t mark these knives made above his metals quota with his name, so the government couldn’t come after him.  

A brass guard/aluminum pommel Richtig dagger is hard to find–this knife would make a great acquisition for any collector.  

1 vintage World War II Japanese NCO sword available.  The condition of the handle paint on this sword is among the best to be found.  In fact, it is easily in the top 5% to be found anywhere.  This WW2 Japanese NCO sword would make a fine addition to any collection.

The blade still has the cosmoline that the G.I. covered it with!  The 70-year old cosmoline is dried on.  Many collectors have removed old cosmoline before from old swords or guns.  

The sword and scabbard serial #’s match.  The sword’s serial # is ‘84310’.  The scabbard/saya serial # is ‘84310’ as well.  The blade measures 26 5/16″ from tip to top of the habaki (habaki edge that touches the blade).  Note the arsenal stamps on the fuchi (fitting just below the tsuba/guard).

1 antique World War II Japanese Samurai Army Officer’s Late War/1944 pattern gunto sword available.  A WW2 Japanese Army Officer’s katana would make an important addition to any collection.

The nakago/tang is signed–the signature reads ‘Yoshihide‘.  The reverse side of the nakago is dated.  

The blade measures 26 1/16″ (66.2 cm) from blade tip to notch in the blade spine.