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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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WW2 US Marine Raider Stiletto Knife w/ETCH -Camillus USMC CARLSONS RAIDERS
WW2 US Marine Raider Stiletto Knife w/ETCH -Camillus USMC CARLSONS RAIDERS
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1 vintage WW II Camillus Marine Raider stiletto fighting knife available. This knife has absolutely none of the usual crazing/cracking of the guard and handle that is normally present on 90% of Raider stilettos. This knife is an important part of American history, and would make a rare addition to any collection.
This knife was carried by a member of Carlson’s Raiders. See page 86 of Mike Silvey’s book Knives of the United States Military — World War II for a photo of the Raider stiletto.
This Marine Raider stiletto measures 12 5/16″ overall. The blade itself measures 7 3/16″. The blade etches is still partially visible on the blade ‘U.S.M.C.’, and ‘CAMILLUS CUTLERY CAMILLUS N.Y.’.
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WW II Anderson Fighting Knife -US -Rare MID-SECTION Patton Sword/Saber Blade/WW2
WW II Anderson Fighting Knife -US -Rare MID-SECTION Patton Sword/Saber Blade/WW2
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1 U.S. World War 2 Anderson fighting knife. This harder-to-find Anderson combat knife was made with the blade from the mid-section of a Patton sword. This knife would make an important addition to any collection.
This knife has its original Anderson scabbard. This knife measures 13 3/8″ overall. The blade itself measures 8 5/16″. The handle reads on one side ‘ANDERSON GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA’. The other side reads ‘MADE IN U S A’.
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WW II Case V42 Stiletto FSSF Fighting Knife -US WW2 Dagger ONE OF FIRST 500 MADE
WW II Case V42 Stiletto FSSF Fighting Knife -US WW2 Dagger ONE OF FIRST 500 MADE
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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.
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WILDE TOOL 1942 M1 Garand Bayonet Knife/Rare WT/US WW2 Military Collection/WW II
WILDE TOOL 1942 M1 Garand Bayonet Knife/Rare WT/US WW2 Military Collection/WW II
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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.
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US WW II RUANA 1943 Square Cut Fighter -Old/Antique WW2 Knife Collection
US WW II RUANA 1943 Square Cut Fighter -Old/Antique WW2 Knife Collection
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1 Ruana World War 2 combat knife available. This hard-to-find Ruana WW2 fighting knife would make a rare addition to any collection.
This rare U.S. WW2 fighting knife is missing from almost every military knife collection–because they are almost impossible to find. This exceedingly rare Ruana fighting knife would make an important addition to any military or Ruana knife collection.This is the big Ruana fighter. This WW2 Ruana fighter has square cut handle scales–dating this knife to 1938-1943. This knife is also pre-stamp.
The blade on this large WW2 Ruana combat knife measures 7 1/8″ long. This knife measures 11 5/8″ overall. This soldier that owned this knife carried it in a Mark 2 sheath.
The last two images in this listing are provided for reference only of these knives’ WW2 history. The reference knife is ID’d. The reference knife was made for Captain Southard who was an officer at Fort Missoula where Rudy worked during the internment camps for the Japanese pre WWII. The reference knife was purchased decades later in Kansas City from the Captain’s nephew.
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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.
