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Nice!

Very Cool!

Bruce Please check my other message. It's could be Chinese/Kanji "工"Instead of "I"。工=Work 工廠=Factory,工人=Worker. 連 is short verse for 大連 (Da Lian City)，.奉天(Mukden)also called 沈陽(Shen Yang City), they both in 遼寧省(Liao Ning Province)，but distance between two city is about 380KM/236Miles. 大連has one of the earliest Steel Factory called 達里尼鑄鐵廠 in Northeast China,it was built in 1901. http://www.centunion...rovince-(china) "工" also could be short verse for "工字鋼" ,means shape of the railway track,that's how it called in China/Manchuria railway industrial). It's in the South Manchuria Railway&Current Ministry of Railways(China)logo. I guess it's possible the Type 4 Mantetsu blade used railway track steel from 大連達里尼鑄鐵廠,maybe that's why has 連&工 on the tang. "工字鋼"/South Manchuria Railway Logo/Ministry of Railways(China)Logo.

Beside some smith made blade with blood groove,Arsenal also made blade with blood groove,it called 造兵刀Zohei to. http://ohmura-study.net/206.html

Fake

Canvas cover is much harder to find than leather one.

looks real WW2 NCO sword to me,not fake.But,wtih the broken tip and rusty blade+scrach off ser #,I would say pass this one.There are many NCO sword out there has better condition,do not rush.

http://ohmura-study.net/025.html Quite a few

This 山(Yama) could be indcate city named 山口（Yamaguchi） or 山形（ Yamagata ）. As my reply for the 福(Fuku) mark on #16 . 福岡（Fukuoka）, 福島（Fukushima), 山口（Yamaguchi） and 山形（ Yamagata ）,these cities all had few 陸軍受命刀匠(Rikugun Jumei Tosho) in WW2.

Looks like 五二六 to me.

Vajo I think this 福 maybe means 福岡（Fukuoka）or 福島（Fukushima) 。 Both福岡（Fukuoka）and 福島（Fukushima)city has few 陸軍受命刀匠(Rikugun Jumei Tosho) in WW2.

Smith from 福岡（Fukuoka） 小山信光 小山信房 田中正國 田中一切 武藤光弘 武藤秀弘 守次則定 守次行宗 末次繁光 小宮國光 竹原宗光 梶原廣光 河村幸光 野田吉國 古賀久國 柴田一祐 松永光保 瓜生信廣 井上信行 Smith from 福島（Fukushima) 關本頼正 日下部重道 塚本正和 猪狩保一 渡邊保定

Both 福岡（Fukuoka）and 福島（Fukushima) are the name of city.

Bruce Cool stuff there! I think this 福 maybe means 福岡（Fukuoka）or 福島（Fukushima)instead of 福（Lucky）。 Both福岡（Fukuoka）and 福島（Fukushima)has few 陸軍受命刀匠(Rikugun Jumei Tosho) in WW2.

photo #2 is the same sword.

It looks Brown and yellow General tassel to me.

looks good

山下奉文 Tomoyuki Yamashita &東條英機Hideaki Tojo

You can check Stu's post on Warrelics http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/Japanese-militaria/ija-type-95-nco-sword-info-228172/

Do you have photo for the scabbard drag?

I noticed something of this type sword(I had 2）。The tang has 2 holes like normal type 3,but the tsuka only has one hole.

Look Ebay,some times has

Not a Mantetsu.Balde was made byShowa sword smith 兼義(Kaneuji) with hot stamp,Showa 17 year(1942),it has Specail 若瀨(Ishizuka) Factory made mount 。

It could be war time repair.Don't think it's prototype though,since it has pretty high number .

This sword has specail made gunto fiting from 若瀬軍刀製作所.It was used on both Army and Navy Gunto. http://ohmura-study.net/712.html