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WW II Japanese Samurai Army COPPER HANDLE NCO Sword -Antique/Old WW2 Collection
WW II Japanese Samurai Army COPPER HANDLE NCO Sword -Antique/Old WW2 Collection
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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).
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BIG Antique Japanese Samurai DAITO Sword -Shakudo -PAPERED/SIGNED -Old – 75.4 cm
BIG Antique Japanese Samurai DAITO Sword -Shakudo -PAPERED/SIGNED -Old – 75.4 cm
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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.
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WW II Japanese Samurai PILOT/TANK CREW SWORD -Antique/Old Family NAGINATA NAOSHI
WW II Japanese Samurai PILOT/TANK CREW SWORD -Antique/Old Family NAGINATA NAOSHI
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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.
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Antique Japanese Samurai Sword w/HORIMONO DRAGON Carving -Old -Signed Samari
Antique Japanese Samurai Sword w/HORIMONO DRAGON Carving -Old -Signed Samari
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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.
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Japanese Colonial NANYO Sword -Rare SOUTH SEAS -WW II -Antique/Old WW2 Samurai
Japanese Colonial NANYO Sword -Rare SOUTH SEAS -WW II -Antique/Old WW2 Samurai
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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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Japanese WW2 TANTO Sword -Old/Antique Samurai Gendai—TOSHIHIDE—CUSTOM ORDER
Japanese WW2 TANTO Sword -Old/Antique Samurai Gendai—TOSHIHIDE—CUSTOM ORDER
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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.
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Japanese WW II Army Sword -Old/Antique WW2 Samurai -BLADE KANJI—GOD OF WAR—
Japanese WW II Army Sword -Old/Antique WW2 Samurai -BLADE KANJI—GOD OF WAR—
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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.
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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.
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Japanese WW2 Army Sword -Old/Antique WW II Samurai STAR STAMP GENDAITO Hidehiro
Japanese WW2 Army Sword -Old/Antique WW II Samurai STAR STAMP GENDAITO Hidehiro
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1 premium World War II Japanese Samurai Army Officer’s sword available. This WW2 gendai sword would make an important addition to any collection.
The blade was made by the 1 Million Yen swordsmith Hidehiro. Hidehiro earned 1st Seat ranking at the 1941 Exhibition.
The Rikugun Jumei Tosho star stamp is stamped above Hidehiro’s signature. Interestingly, there are also two kanji on the mune/spine on the nakago.
The blade measures 25 7/8″ (65.7 cm) from blade tip to notch in the blade spine. All fittings have matching assembly numbers–the seppa, tsuba, etc. are stamped ’27’.
This sword has a complex hamon.
