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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 rare short Japanese WW II Officer Pilot/Tank Crew sword available.  The sword blade is an old Samurai naginata naoshi mounted for service in World War II.  This naginata naoshi sword mounted for carry in the compact quarters of a cockpit or tank is quite rare.  

This Samurai blade is signed.  The blade measures 19 7/16″ (49.4 cm).  The handle is one-handed–and is about 1/2 the length of a katana handle.  The saya is light in weight–it is the finer lacquer over canvas over wood, instead of lacquer over metal.  

The blade spine tapers just above the bohi (blade grooves), and then widens again at the blade tip. 

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 rare U.S. WW2 model 1942 bayonet made by Wilde Tool.  This rare U.S. bayonet would make an important addition to any collection.

The ricasso is stamped ‘WT  US.  1943’.  Wilde Tool is the rarest maker of the model 1942 bayonet.

The blade measures 15 7/8″.  This bayonet measures 20 1/2″ overall.  Wilde Tool bayonets are the only model 1942 maker to have brown handle scales with a black rectangle in the middle. 

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.

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1 first year production U.S. M1905 Springfield Arms bayonet.  This early U.S. bayonet would make an important addition to any collection.

This M1905 bayonet was made in 1906–this was the first year of Springfield Arm’s production of the model 1905 bayonet.  The M1905 bayonet fits the M1903 Springfield rifle, and the M1 Garand.  

The front ricasso is stamped ‘US  84414’.  The reverse ricasso is stamped ‘S A   1906’.  As detailed in M.H. Cole’s book,The Best of U.S. Military Knives Bayonets & Machetes, the early production dates from 1906-1917 had a bright polished blade, with the hilt and guard and about 3/16″ of the blade blued.  

The blade measures 16″.  This bayonet measures 20 5/8″ overall.  This bayonet has the correct M1905 type no. 2 scabbard of leather with a long metal throat.  The leather is stamped on the back ‘R.I.A.  1910  H.E.K.’.  

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 antique U.S. Navy World War II Mark V hardhat dive knife available.  This knife was made by Morse Diving Equipment.  A U.S. WW2 Mark V dive knife would make a rare addition to any premium collection. 

The heavy brass scabbard is marked ‘MFG’D. BY MORSE DIVING EQUIP. CO. INC.   BOSTON, MASS. U.S.A.’.  

The blade measures 6 3/4″.  This knife measures 12 3/4″ overall. 

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.  

The actual US Mountain and Ski Troops knife photographed in Mike Silvey’s book Pocket Knives of the United States Military.  This documented Ulster WW2 ski troops knife would make an important addition to any advanced collection.

Photos 1 and 2 above were taken of this knife lying over the page from the Silvey’s book page 70.  This is the actual knife.  

This is an early variation of the 10 Mountain Div. knife, and is difficult to find.  This early variation had the philips screwdriver (for ski bindings) located on the bail.  

The knife’s master blade measures 2 1/2″.  This knife measures 3 7/16″ overall when closed. 

1 highly collectible Japanese Samurai tanto gendai sword available.  This traditional water-tempered tanto sword would make an important addition to any collection.

The blade was made by the 2.8 Million Yen swordsmith Toshihide in 1918.  Toshihide used three names: Hideaki, Kaneaki and Toshihide.  One side of the nakago is signed Hideaki.  The other side of the nakago is full of kanji.  This side reads ‘Taisho nana nen nigatsu    Masako shyoji’.  This translates to ‘February 1918’, and ‘(made for/owned by) Masako’.   

The blade measures 8″ (20.3 cm) from blade tip to notch in the blade spine.  This tanto has the distinct horizontal file line on the mune next to the munemachi–a key kantei point for Toshihide.  See photo below.

1 premium World War II Japanese Samurai Army Officer’s sword available.  This WW2 gendai sword would make a rare addition to any collection.

The blade was made by the 2 Million Yen swordsmith Kanenobu.  This sword is desirable.  The blade has kanji on both sides–one side refers to the god of archery and war.  The other refers to a joining of Shinto and Buddhist theologies.  

Literally each side reads as follows:

Kasuga Daimyôjin (春日大明神): The numinous unit of the associated kami and buddhas/bodhisattvas of the Kasuga-Kôfukuji multiplex, Nara.

and

Hachiman Daibosatsu (八幡大菩薩): The god of archery and war incorporating both elements from shintô and Buddhism.

The blade measures 26 3/4″ (67.9 cm) from blade tip to notch in the blade spine. 

This sword has a complex, wavy hamon.