Greetings and a Type 95

[3rd Wave]

Well, a little backstory.  My Grandfather served in the Pacific war 1942-1946, USN.  He was attached to the marines for the Okinawa battle, and made the landings there with them in the 3rd wave.  He returned stateside in '46, and brought several items home as souvenirs which he gave to his 2 sons, my late father and uncle.  Included were 2 Japanese swords, one short bladed ( to my uncle, and still posessed by my cousin), and a long sword, given to my Dad.   It was tradtional in appearance and was a source of fascination for me the whole time i was growing up.   

 

Well, it was stolen from my Dads house by some workmen about 2006 or so.

Ive always missed it and for a few years have been looking to replace it with a similar one.

 

My brother and i initially only looked at traditionally made officers swords, but most were outside of our budget.   We gradually agreed that an NCO machine made sword would suit our purpose just as well.

 

This sword was purchased on Ebay last week.  It has some imperfections that kept the price reasonable, and we are fine with that.

Perhaps some of you saw this auction.

 

Anyway, thanks for reading this far.   Here is our "Grandfather's sword".

[3rd Wave]

[Stegel]

Welcome Thomas

Thanks for the nice intro and background story.

Did your Dad actually have a type 95 or was it the type 98?

The one you have shown would have been made by the sub contractor Kobe for the Tokyo Arsenal and would have used the earlier logo of a 'K' in a cherry blossom.

The Steel collar did not lend itself well to Stampings like the Copper ones , so it is rare to see any on these.

Here's a pic of what yours could have looked like if it didn't use the steel fitting.

 

[Bruce Pennington]

Nice 95, Thomas.  Get a nice uchiko kit and some 90% alcohol and that blade will start looking better.

[Kiipu]

@3rd Wave It is hard for me to tell from the pictures, but is the scabbard painted black?  Also, is the scabbard matching to the blade serial number?

[3rd Wave]

Thanks all.  Grandads original sword was a type 98 in a type 95 scabbard.  As a boy i didnt realize that the scabbard was a  mismatched NCO scabbard, i only knew that the side latch on the sword didnt mate.   I remember it well.

 

The saya on this sword does match.  It is not black paint but a dark green over the typical lighter olive green paint.   Someone along the way has scratched "JP Ha cc430702" into the blade (electropencil) and scabbard.   The scabbard also has the remnants of a heavy masking tape with "430702" still visible.

 

Here is the sword with the Type 38 rifle and bayonet that Grandad gave to my father.  Ive fired it and it still holds a good group.

[paul griff]

Hello ,

          Nice display Thomas...

Regards,

              Paul...