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EXCEEDINGLY RARE—Japanese WW II MANTETSU Manchurian Railway Army Sword -Samurai
























EXCEEDINGLY RARE—Japanese WW II MANTETSU Manchurian Railway Army Sword -Samurai
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1 exceedingly rare early Mantetsu/Manchurian Railroad World War II Japanese Samurai Army Officer’s sword. This fine earliest variation Manchuria Railway symbol-marked katana would make an important addition to any collection.
The nakago/tang is marked with the Manchurian Railway symbol. The reverse side is dated Spring, 1939.
All military fittings are of excellent quality. The blade measures 26 5/16″ (66.8 cm) from blade tip to notch in the blade spine. The metal saya has a fine lacquered finish. This sword has a thick pierced tsuba.
This sword has a straight temper line.
The nakago’s mune/spine is stamped ‘N574“. The bottom edge of the habaki is stamped with the same matching number ‘N574‘.
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Japanese Samurai Armor Helmet -Antique/Old 8-Plate Kabuto -Sword Collection








Japanese Samurai Armor Helmet -Antique/Old 8-Plate Kabuto -Sword Collection
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1 several centuries old Japanese Samurai kabuto available. This 8-plate Samurai warrior helmet would make an important addition to any Japanese or Asian antiquities collection.
This helmet, as mentioned, is made with 8 iron plates–riveted together. The hand-stitched cloth liner is still partially in place. The inner part of the visor is covered in old red lacquer. The helmet rim running from the sides of the kabuto to the back is covered in black lacquer.
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Antique WW2 Japanese GENDAI Sword – WW II Samurai -TAKAYAMA NAVAL ACADEMY FORGE











Antique WW2 Japanese GENDAI Sword – WW II Samurai -TAKAYAMA NAVAL ACADEMY FORGE
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1 desirable Japanese World War II Takayama Naval Academy Forge Navy Officer’s Samurai sword blade available. This highly sought after gendai katana blade was made by Masatsune. This Japanese sword would make an important addition to any collection.
Swords made at the Takayama Forge are highly collectible. This sword is signed ‘Toyama ryu lai Shinbufusatsu Takayama-to Masatsune‘.
This gendai sword measures 25 7/8″ from tip to the notch in the blade spine. This sword has a habaki, saya, and sageo.
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WW2 Japanese Samurai Sword -GENDAITO -Old/Antique WW II -RARE RAYSKIN ARMY SAYA













WW2 Japanese Samurai Sword -GENDAITO -Old/Antique WW II -RARE RAYSKIN ARMY SAYA
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1 fine Japanese World War II Army Officer’s sword available. This Japanese Army gendai sword would make an important addition to any collection.
This sword was made by the smith Morita Kaneshige. Kaneshige won the highest award in a national blade Kyoshinkai (competitive competition) in 1939.
The saya is very desirable–it is a rare Army saya with same/rayskin.
The blade measures 25 5/8″ (65.1 cm) from blade tip to notch in the blade spine. This sword has a beautiful wavy temper line/hamon. This sword has a fine clasped hands sarute.
All fittings have the matching assembly number ‘0307’.
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COLLECTION—Antique MURATA Japanese Sword -WW II/Old WW2 Muratato Samurai TACHI






COLLECTION—Antique MURATA Japanese Sword -WW II/Old WW2 Muratato Samurai TACHI
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2 antique World War II Japanese Samurai army officer’s Muratato shin-gunto swords available. These swords would make an important addition to any collection.
The nakagos have arsenal stamps. Murata Tsuneyoshi developed the “new Japanese-European combined sword system”.
All military fittings are of excellent quality. The blades measure 26 1/8″ from blade tip to notch in the blade spine.
These Muratato have pierced tsuba. The handles/tsuka have a tachi curvature.
Here is information from Ohmura’s studies on Murata-to:
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.
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Late War WW2 Type 3 Japanese Army Officer Samurai Sword -Old/Antique -1944









Late War WW2 Type 3 Japanese Army Officer Samurai Sword -Old/Antique -1944
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1 antique World War II Japanese Samurai Army Officer’s Late War/Type 3 gunto sword available. A WW2 Japanese Army Officer’s katana would make an important addition to any collection.
This sword is outfitted with desirable leather tsuka/handle & saya kojiri/drag fitting covers.
This is a desirable, and highly collectible, WW2 field configuration.
The blade measures 26 1/16″ (66.2 cm) from blade tip to notch in the blade spine.
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Antique Japanese PARATROOPER Sword -RARE! Samurai WW II Army -WW2 Old Collection













Antique Japanese PARATROOPER Sword -RARE! Samurai WW II Army -WW2 Old Collection
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1 rare! antique World War II Japanese PARATROOPER Army Officer’s sword available. This fine Japanese Paratrooper katana would make an important addition to any collection.
The special sarute designates this sword as a paratrooper sword. Note the reference information on the Japanese paratrooper sword found on page 167 of Jim Dawson’s book Swords of Imperial Japan 1868-1945 Cyclopedia Edition.
The blade measures 27 1/4″ (69.2 cm)–as measured properly with a tape pulled tight from the blade tip to the bottom of the notch in the habaki. This sword is signed, and it has a Seki stamp.
The hamon/temper line is quite attractive. There is two peaks, then a drop, two peaks again, etc.
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IKKANSAI KUNIMORI Japanese WW2 Army Sword -AntiqueWWII Samurai/Gendaito/Yasuhiro










IKKANSAI KUNIMORI Japanese WW2 Army Sword -AntiqueWWII Samurai/Gendaito/Yasuhiro
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1 traditionally-made, water-tempered Japanese WW2 gendai sword by Ikkansai Kunimori available. Kunimori’s art name was Yasuhiro while he was at the Yasukuni Shrine. This fine antique Japanese sword would make an important acquisition for any collection.
The blade measures 25 1/4″ from blade tip to notch in the blade spine. This is a traditional gendai sword–there are no arsenal or Showa stamps on the nakago.
This sword has desirable mounts—all fittings are blackened; these are premium mounts.
Yasuhiro/Kunimori made mostly swords with suguha/straight hamons—this sword has a wavy hamon, quite rare for Kunimori.
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