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Japanese Model 1889 Naval Prison/Shore Patrol Sword -Anchor Marked -RARE Navy
Japanese Model 1889 Naval Prison/Shore Patrol Sword -Anchor Marked -RARE Navy
$1,595
1 desirable Japanese model 1889 Naval Prison Guard/Shore Patrol Sword. This hard to find Japanese sword, with its anchor marks on the backstrap and on the saya/scabbard, would make a rare additon to any collection.
Photos are provided from Jim Dawson’s reference book Swords of Imperial Japan 1868-1945 Cyclopedia Edition, pages 266 & 267.
This sword has an arsenal blade with a cutting edge of 24″.
This is a fine example of this model.
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WW2 Theater Hatchet -Home Front Knife/Hand Ax -GI made
WW2 Theater Hatchet -Home Front Knife/Hand Ax -GI made
$350
1 U.S. G.I.-made theater hand axe available. A hatchet like this would have been made by a G.I., and sent home to family as a gift.
This theater hatchet measures 12 3/8″ overall. The cutting edge measures just over 2 1/2″.
The handle was made with materials typically available in a foreign theater of war. The grip is made of aluminum, micarta electrical panel material, and bakelite.
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Vietnam War BUCK Knife -US Private Purchase Fighting/Combat
Vietnam War BUCK Knife -US Private Purchase Fighting/Combat
$325
1 Vietnam BUCK private purchase fighting knife available. This knife would make an important addition to any collection.
The inverted/upside down ‘BUCK U.S.A.’ stamp on the ricasso was used from 1967 to 1972. This is the Buck model 120–a common private purchase fighting knife carried in Vietnam.
A photo of this knife is provided with page 130 of Mike Silvey’s book Knives of the United States Military in Vietnam.
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Gerber Presentation Mark I Boot Knife -MkI Dagger #003345 -1979-1983 yr
Gerber Presentation Mark I Boot Knife -MkI Dagger #003345 -1979-1983 yr
$375
1 year 1979-1983 Gerber Presentation Mark I boot knife. This knife would make an important addition to any collection.
This knife serial # is ‘003345’. The handle is made of wood.
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Antique Sheffield Bowie Knife -Wingfield Rowbotham No. 82 -Old/Antique 19th Century
Antique Sheffield Bowie Knife -Wingfield Rowbotham No. 82 -Old/Antique 19th Century
$850
1 fine antique 19th Century Wingfield Rowbotham Co. Bowie knife available. This antique 1800’s A.D. Sheffield weapon would make a premium addition to any collection.
This 19th Century Sheffield knife was well cared for.
This knife measures 11″ overall. The blade itself measures 6 1/2″.
The handmade sheath is leather with tin and brass adornments.
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US WW2 Western L77 Stiletto Combat Knife -Brass Guard w/Marine-added NORTON Stone
US WW2 Western L77 Stiletto Combat Knife -Brass Guard w/Marine-added NORTON Stone
$695
1 U.S. World War 2 Western L77 Stiletto fighting knife. This desirable U.S. fighting knife would make an important addition to any collection.
The knife’s blade tang is stamped ‘WESTERN BOULDER, COLO. PAT.NO.1,967,479’. This knife measures 11 1/4″ overall. The blade itself measures 6 15/16″ to the guard. The pommel is aluminum, and the guard is brass.
Note the G.I. or Marine that carried this knife stitched a pouch with sharpening stone on the back of the scabbard. The stone has a hollowed oval with ‘NORTON’ marked in raised letters. Check out the photos for a closer look at this cool field adaption.
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RARE Japanese Flag Sword -Antique/Old WW2 Samurai Collection
RARE Japanese Flag Sword -Antique/Old WW2 Samurai Collection
$1,595
St. Croix Blades buys Japanese swords and militaria collections of all countries! In need of an appraisal, or want to sell or consign your sword or entire collection? Pricing out an estate collection? Contact us at 715-557-1688 cell/text, or via email info@stcroixblades.com
1 hard to find Japanese World War 2 Flag Sword available. This rare Japanese flag sword would make an important addition to any collection.
Above is a photo from Jim Dawson’s book Swords of Imperial Japan 1868-1945, Cyclopedia Edition page 72 on the Japanese flag sword.
This sword measures 29” overall when in its scabbard. The flag is silk.
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Japanese Police Shin-Gunto Sword from the PLIMPTON Collection -PREMIUM CONDITION
Japanese Police Shin-Gunto Sword from the PLIMPTON Collection -PREMIUM CONDITION
$2,900
If you missed out on the swords from the John Plimpton collection when they were for sale a while back, here’s a chance to buy one. In fact, St. Croix Blades bought almost 50 of the Plimpton swords–we’ve just stowed them away to be listed here every so often.
THE Japanese Police shingunto sword photographed for John Plimpton’s book Swords of the Emperor – A Guide to the Identification of Imperial Japanese Swords, 1873 – 1945.
This sword would make an important addition to any Premium collection as it is most likely the, or one of the, best condition examples of the Japanese Police Shin-gunto Sword known.
Note the Police badge on the fuchi (handle fitting). The Japanese Police gunto is very hard to find.
