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Type Type 32 cavalry Saber Era/Age : 1899-1935 Nagasa/Blade Length : ~32 inches/ 82cm Sword Location : Eastern Virginia Will ship to : USA Price and Currency : $475 USD Other Info and Full Description : I have decided to sell this gunto to make room for more nihonto. It is in good shape, with matching serial numbers. At some point it went through a factory refurbishment, and an older serial number on the saya was struck out and replaced with 018996, to match the blade, and a zero was added in front of the serial on the blade. The blade is still quite sharp. I believe it has a (poorly struck) Kokura Arsenal stamp and an inspection stamp and two other stamps that I'm not sure about. The leather finger loop appears to be cut off, perhaps at the time of its refurbishment, though its remains and the rivet are still present. The latch still works well. I believe it is the longer cavalry model. Let me know if you would like to see more pictures. Edward

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I am tying to learn about this type 32 ko I found at an antique store. I don't know too much about Military swords but it seems that these are rarely faked, so I figured that there was a high chance that its genuine at least. I would appreciate your all's help in learning more about it. I have found four stamps on the knuckle bow. I think Ive Identified two of them. One is a Kokura arsenal stamp I think, though it is very poorly struck and really only the outside edges are visible. Another i believe is a Kokura inspection stamp. Did I get that right? can anyone ID the other two stamps? The blade and saya do have matching serial numbers, 18996, but they are weird. On the saya another serial number was crossed out and 018996 was stamped on below, and on the blade it looks like they added a zero in front to make it match. I'm guessing that this was part of some factory refurbishment, any other theories? Could the Serial no. help narrow down when It was made? To me it seems to be in good condition, the latch works perfectly and it is still very sharp. I can see evidence of it being sharpened with a file, which I think I read somewhere on this form was done. The leather loop seems to me like it was cut off to me, but the rivet that held on is there and the remains of the leather are under it. The blade is about 32.5 in long so Im assuming this would be the cavalry style. Thank you in advance, Edward

I should have added these at the beginning, but here are some photos of the rest of it. Im not a professional sword photographer.

I am hoping someone can help me translate the signature on this wakizashi. It belongs to a friend whose father got it in the 1950s. Nothing is known about it before then. Thanks

Can anyone help me translate the signature on the tang of this wakizashi? A friends father got it in the 1950s but nothing is known about it before then. Would like to get at least a general idea of how old it is. Thanks for your help.