Type 95 Variant Legit Or Fake?

[Bruce Pennington]

Guys, I'm interested in picking up this variant of the Type 95 (2b I think?), but this one has a copper fuchi with stamps. Ohmura's example has the black painted steel fuchi. I'm on the road and don't have my F&G or my Dawson. Anyone recall seeing legit Type 95 variants like this with copper fuchi?

[reeder]

Looks good to me.

[obiwanknabbe]

if i remember correctly.. the copper handled one is the rarer variant, is it not?

 

 

kurt k 

[charlie1]

Matched it up with my NCO with the same stamps, copper fuchi, and only 6000 off in the serial number. Spot on match correct.

 

Charlie

[Stephen]

not the early copper, plus ser # too high for that

[lonely panet]

nothing special, just the run of the mill type 95. painted aluminium handle, with plian iron tsuba. made by Iijima factory.

 

FYI early copper handled version, there tsuba is approx. 11mm thick and very noticeable

 

regards H

[Bruce Pennington]

Thanks Charlie and Hamfish! I'm going for it!

 

Stephen and Curt - only the fuchi is copper, the handle is aluminum.

 

thanks guys!

[Shamsy]

100% legitimate. There are 2 variant. Notice the latch piercing the seppa. Other variant is off slightly. Jim Dawson records these two as a kind of sub model.

[Bruce Pennington]

Thanks Shamsy! I found what you are talking of in my Dawson. Looks Ok!