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1 Japanese Samurai wakizashi sword with fabulous ken horimono.  

The carving on this sword isn’t of the ordinary variety–work like this is done by only the very best carvers.  This ca.1846 Samurai sword would make an important addition to any collection.    

This antique Samurai wakizashi is signed on the nakago/tang:  ‘Kashu ju Sukehira‘.   I guarantee the signature.  The reverse side of the nakago is dated February 1846.

The blade measures 19 3/8″ (49.2 cm) from blade tip to notch in the blade spine.  One side of the blade has a Japanese ken horimono as well as two bohi.  The reverse side has one deep bohi, and one thin bohi.  As mentioned, the skill demonstrated by the horimono work is exceptional.  

This sword was carried by true Samurai. 

1 very fine Japanese Samurai Tanto sword with thick armor-piercing blade.  This sword was carried by true Samurai.  This ca.1863 Samurai tanto would make an important addition to any collection.    

This antique Samurai tanto is signed on the nakago/tang:  ‘Masamune 20th Generation Soshu Tsunehiro‘.   Tsunehiro of Soshu wrote of his familial connection to the master Masamune on the nakago.  I guarantee the signature.  The reverse side of the nakago is dated 1863.

This sword has a deep 4″ turnback in the boshi.  

The blade measures 11 7/8″ (30.2 cm) from blade tip to notch in the blade spine.  The value of this sword is in the blade.  This sword is in such great polish, that the blade can justifiably be put straight into shirasaya with no need for polish.  The mounts are ok, so while the mounts make a nice little package, they shouldn’t be overstated.  The fuchi/kashira have a floral pattern, the tsuba is iron, and the menuki are WW2 Army–so this sword was carried during World War 2 as well.  

This sword is especially thick at the mune measuring a full 3/8″ (1 cm) thick. 

1 vintage World War II Japanese Copper Handle NCO sword available.  This copper handle NCO sword is in exceptional condition.  The condition of this sword is among the top 5% condition Japanese copper handle NCO swords to be found.  This WW2 Japanese NCO sword would make a fine addition to any collection.

This sword is a more difficult to find variation of the copper handle NCO swords.  Jim Dawson, in his book Swords of Imperial Japan 1868-1945, Cyclopedia Edition, notes that some rare copper handle NCO swords have two sets of serial numbers (photo 6 above).  The sword and scabbard serial #’s match.  The sword’s serial # is 5737, and the scabbard’s serial # is 5737.  Dawson notes for rare variation copper handle NCO swords: “Numbers in parentheses are stamped on the blade forward of the habaki, parallel to the front edge of the habaki.”

The blade measures 26 3/4″ 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 exceptional Japanese daito sword available.  This large sword is impressive to see and handle.  The blade measures a long 29 5/8″ (75.4 cm).  The tsuba is large as well.  The mounts are equally as impressively proportioned.  This ca.1596-1624 A.D. Japanese daito sword would make an important addition to any collection.     

This antique Samurai sword is signed on the nakago/tang:  ‘Mimasaka kuni Tsuyama ju Kanesaki‘.  The signature is guaranteed by two sets of papers.  This sword was submitted on two separate occasions, and each time the signature was confirmed.  

The reverse side of the nakago is impressively signed in a different hand ‘Made with great care’.  

The blade measures 29 11/16″ (75.4 cm) from blade tip to notch in the blade spine.  The large tsuba is impressive–it has a katchushi style with an umbrella motif.  3 7/16″ X 3 1/8″  (8.7 cm X 7.9 cm).  The tsuba is signed ‘Masatoshi‘.  

The fuchi/kashira and saya fittings are all shakudo with the same motif.  

The Silver foil habaki is truly impressive–it’s motif is of a Samurai banner in front of a bamboo fence. 

1 U.S. World War 2 Anderson fighting knife.  This harder-to-find Anderson combat knife was made with the blade from the mid-section of a Patton sword.  This knife would make an important addition to any collection.

This knife has its original Anderson scabbard.  This knife measures 13 3/8″ overall.  The blade itself measures 8 5/16″.  The handle reads on one side ‘ANDERSON   GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA’.  The other side reads ‘MADE IN U S A’. 

1 U.S. First Special Service Forces World War II V-42 fighting knife.  This fine Case V42 has the desirable long sheath.  This knife would make an important addition to any collection.

As mentioned this knife is among the rarest of the V42’s.  This knife is one of the first 500 Case V-42’s made.  The first 500 knives were numbered on the reverse tang.  I have personal knowledge of knife number 437 (which I sold for a customer), number 105, number 239 which was illustrated in Cole’s book, and this knife–number 254.  The reverse blade tang on this knife is marked ‘U. S.   254’.  

The front tang is stamped ‘CASE’.  This Case V-42 measures 12 5/16″ overall.  The blade itself measures 7 1/8″.  The FSSF soldier that carried this knife carved his initials in the back of the sheath.  The soldier did a field modification to the scabbard by adding a metal plate so the blade tip wouldn’t go through the leather into his leg. 

1 Japanese Samurai wakizashi sword with fabulous dragon and mythical ken horimono carving.  

This Samurai sword would make an important addition to any collection.    

This antique Samurai wakizashi is signed on the nakago/tang.  

The blade measures 17 9/16″ (44.6 cm) from blade tip to notch in the blade spine.  One side of the blade has a Japanese ken horimono as well as a dragon horimono.  The reverse side has two bohi which help form a jumonji yari. 

This sword was carried by true Samurai. 

1 very rare Japanese WW2 Nan’yo (South Seas) Colonial Sword available. This rare sword would make an important addition to any collection.

As mentioned in Jim Dawson’s book Swords of Imperial Japan 1868-1945, Cyclopedia Edition on page 350, “In 1914 the Japanese navy captured the islands that later became the Nan’yo Colony, and, initially, the navy administered the islands.”  

The Nan’yo Colonial sword has the unique wreath and cherry blossom emblem on the backstrap ears.  On the same page 350 in Dawson’s book, it further reads “Naval Uniform Regulations show boar’s eye cut-outs on [the scabbards] of hannon level swords, but all such swords knows to the author have ‘U’-shaped cut-outs.”  The sword offered in this eBay listing does have the boar’s eye cut-outs dictated in the Naval Uniform Regulations for the Nan’yo Colony sword.  So this sword is quite rare.  

This sword measures 26 1/2″ from the blade tip to the guard.

1 vintage WW2 Collins No.1001 U.S.M.C. Square-Tip Entrenching machete available.  This hard-to-find WW2 knife would make an important addition to any collection. 

The blade is stamped ‘COLLINS & CO.  HARTFORD  No.1001’.  The reverse side is stamped ‘U.S.M.C.’.  This Collins square-tip machete measures 17″ overall.  The blade itself measures 11 3/4″.  

1 vintage WW2 Western V-44 survival knife available.  This V-44 combat knife would make an important addition to any collection. 

This V-44 was made by Western Cutlery–the rarest of all V-44’s.  The blade is stamped ‘WESTERN’.  This knife measures 14 1/2″ overall.  The blade itself measures 9 1/4″.  This knife has a steel guard, and black composite handle.   

1 super hard-to-find PAL dagger fighting knife.  This rare WW2 PAL dagger combat knife would make an important addition to any collection.

See Mike Silvey’s book Knives of the United States Military–World War 2 page 202 for more information on this knife.  

The blade itself measures 5 7/8″.  This knife measures 10 3/4″ overall.  The sheath has a belt hanger. 

1 vintage U.S. World War 2 Knife-Crafters combat knife.  This desirable KnifeCrafters fighting knife was made using a cut-down U.S. Civil War sword blade.  This WW2 knife would make an important addition to any collection.

This Knife-Crafters fighting knife has a rare Knife-Crafters sheath variation–the keeper strap has a rare silent snap.  

This knife measures 12 1/2″ overall.  The blade itself measures 7 1/8″ to the guard.