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1 antique World War II Japanese samurai army officer’s shin-gunto sword available.  This fine WW2 katana would make an important addition to any collection.

The tang is signed with the swordsmith’s name, Katsumasa.  Katsumasa is featured on page 80 of Slough’s book. 

The reverse side of the nakago/tang has a hot stamp/kokuin.  This is a hard-to-find feature.  This stamp can be seen on page 98 of Slough’s book. 

All military fittings are of excellent quality.  This sword has a fine wavy temper line.  The blade measures 26 5/16″ (66.8 cm) from blade tip to notch in the blade spine.  This sword has a wood saya with leather combat cover.   

The same/rayskin on the tsuka is of the finer large nodule/emperor same type.

This antique World War 2 tanto, made by the noted Yasukuni Shrine swordsmith, Yasuhiro, would make a rare addition to any collection.

The tang is signed ‘Toto Ju Nin Ikkansai Kunimori Kin Saku’.  Information on Ikkansai Kunimori, known as the Yasukuni Shrine swordsmith, Yasuhiro, can be found on pages 182-185 of John Slough’s book.  Yasuhiro did not make many tanto.  So this is a fine piece.

The blade measures 7.51″ (19.09 cm) from blade tip to notch in the blade spine.  This sword has a fine wood saya.  This fine tanto also comes in a custom wood box with silk sword bag. 

The solid Silver habaki is engraved with a Samurai family mon.

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1 very rare Meiji 6 model (1873) chokunin level Imperial Diplomatic sword.  This rare sword would make an important addition to any collection.

Please take a look at the eBay auction result for a 3-5-3 (a lower ranked sword that this one) Japanese Diplomatic sword–item number 361305018538.  Enter the item number into any eBay search box.

This sword has the kiri (paulownia imperialis tree) emblem with a 5-7-5 bud pattern.  This bud pattern shows that this sword was carried by chokunin officials.  This is the higher rank–chokunin officials were appointed by the Emperor himself.  The lower sonin officials held lower Emperor-approved positions.  The kiri are located on the pommel, the guard, and on the blade.

This sword has a fine, woven wire grip.  The handle is gold-gilted.  The nickel-plated blade has a filegreed pattern.  The saya is perfect black-lacquered wood with gold-plated fittings.

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1 rare antique 1800’s A.D. Japanese Samurai katana sword.  This sword has World War 2 Army fittings as well as Samurai fittings.  

This sword is the same length as an Army Officer’s katana, but the blade and fittings are all half the normal size.  The fuchi and saya/scabbard are martial/military.  The tsuba, menuki, kashira, and blade are Samurai. 

One set of menuki are Samurai family mon.  The other menuki set are 3-5-3 Japanese royal kiri/paulonia flower.  The unsigned blade measures 24 1/2″ (62.2 cm) from blade tip to notch in the blade spine.  There is a Japanese surrender/capture tag attached to the saya.

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1 antique Japanese Samurai tanto sword available.  This tanto sword was carried by true Samurai–this sword would make an important addition to any collection.

The tang/nakago on this tanto has a rare folded-over signature.  It’s a folded-over inlay–which is a much more difficult signature inlay.  Very hard to find. 

The blade measures 7 3/16″ (18.3 cm) from blade tip to the habaki.  At first glance this would appear to be a ken sword–however, it isn’t.  It has a very thin mune/unsharpened spine.  Very unusual, and at the very least a difficult to find tanto shape.  This sword has a fine wood saya. 

This tanto has a Silver foil habaki.

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1 vintage World War II Army Air Corps survival kit folding knife available.  This vintage ‘Giant Jackknife’, as it is also called, was made by Colonial.  This knife would make a nice addition to any collection.

This knife measures 6″ when closed. The knife blade itself measures 4 11/16″. The knife blade is stamped ‘COLONIAL PROV. R.I.’. The knife blade locks open with a linerlock.  The saw blade measures 5″. 

These knives were used to escape from downed aircraft.  The knife blade was to be plunged through the fuselage.  Then the saw blade was used to cut a hole in the fuselage to escape through. 

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

The tang is signed and dated.  This sword is signed ‘Toshimitsu‘.  

This sword has 2 rare stamps on one side of the nakago.  It was stamped with a lighter strike, then stamped again so that the stamp was complete.  According to Fuller & Gregory’s reference book Military Swords of Japan, 1868-1945, page 82, this stamp is the Chimata stamp.  The description of this stamp in Fuller & Gregory is as follows: “Chimata stamp, significance unknown.  Very rare, but can be confused with [a more common stamp].  Once found in conjunction with a ‘Seki’ stmap.  It appears to date from the later part of the Second World War.”

All military fittings are of good quality.  The blade measures 26 1/8″ from blade tip to notch in the blade spine (as measured properly with the tape pulled tight between the blade tip and the top of the habaki).  The hamon is polished on.  The reverse side of the nakago has the date this sword was made.  That side also has a miniature Seki arsenal stamp.

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1 antique World War II Japanese samurai Naval Landing Forces Officer’s sword available.

The tang has the Naval anchor stamp.  The tang is also stamped with the assembly number ‘574’.  All fittings are stamped with this same matching assembly number.  

All military fittings are of good quality.  The blade measures 25 3/4″ from blade tip to notch in the blade spine (as measured properly with the tape pulled tight between the blade tip and the top of the habaki).  The hamon is polished on.

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1 antique World War II Japanese samurai army officer’s gendaito sword available.  This WW2 Officer’s katana was made by Emura.  Swords by Emura are highly sought-after by collectors.  This sword would make an important addition to any collection.

The tang is signed ‘Emura saku’.  

This sword was struck by a G.I.’s bullet.  The original tsuka/handle was heavily damaged by the bullet strike so the handle was recently replaced with a different original WW2 sword handle.  The damage to the nakago is shown in one of the photographs above, as well as in one of the photographs at the bottom of this listing.  The original tsuka will be sent with this sword to be kept with the sword (tape is holding the same/rayskin to the bullet-damaged tsuka–using glue would make the tsuka suitable for display). 

All military fittings are of excellent quality.  The blade measures 25 13/16″ (65.6 cm) from blade tip to notch in the blade spine.  This fine sword has a straight hamon/temper line.  

The tsuba and each seppa, etc. all have the matching assembly number ‘8’.  

The saya/scabbard has the higher quality spatter-lacquer finish.

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1 rare Japanese World War 2 General Grade kyu-gunto dress sword.  This sword has its original General Grade knot attached.  This rare sword would make an important addition to any collection.

This General Grade sword has a fine acid-etched yakiba (temper line).  The guard is stamped with the mark of the Suya-shouten, a preeminent maker of these swords.  The backstrap is fully decorated. 

Photo 3 above is an image from page 83 of Jim Dawson’s book ‘Swords of Imperial Japan 1868-1945, Cyclopedia Edition’.  

The blade measures 69cm (27.2 inches).

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1 vintage U.S. World War II premium J.W. Petrie stiletto combat knife from the Roger Ballard collection available.  This premium knife comes with its original hand-drawn ID card that Roger Ballard made for this knife.  This WW2 combat knife would make an important addition to any collection.

This WWII Petrie stiletto measures 12 1/16″ overall.  The blade itself measures 7 1/4″. 

The J.W. Petrie stiletto is a known, though rare and difficult-to-find, WW2 fighting knife.

1 rare mint condition British World War II Beaded & Ribbed Fairbairn-Sykes commando knife.  This fine WW2 Beaded & Ribbed F/S knife would make an important addition to any collection. 

This desirable British Fairbairn knife is stamped ‘ENGLAND‘.  The handle is marked with the British broad arrow, and the number ‘1‘.  The top of the scabbard is stamped ‘ENGLAND’. 

This knife measures 11 13/16″ overall.  The blade itself measures 6 13/16″.