Type 95, Real or Rotter?

[Arisaka1995]

Greetings all, I was recently given a Type 95 as a gift. Upon extensive forum surfing, I am not satisfied due to the inspectors mark being off slightly. What do you all think?

 

Ps, sorry, it does not like my hi-def pictures and says they are too big to load most of them. If more pictures are needed, I will find a way.

[robinalexander]

Clayton,

 

Looks good to me.  Early second version of the Type 95 (with copper fuchi).  Stamps appear to be, in order, Suya Shoten Co Ltd, Tokyo 1st Inspection mark and Tokyo 1st Army Arsenal.

 

A lot of wear to the tsuka (handle) with no paint remaining.....sword and saya numbers don't match but neither of these things are the end of the world 

 

Rob 

 

If I am wrong with this I am moving on to collecting marbles!

 

 

[BANGBANGSAN]

Legit

[Bruce Pennington]

It’s a good one, no worries.  It is normal to see variation in stamping styles and locations.

[Shamsy]

Real, not rotter.

 

If you can avoid handling it without gloves it'll last much better.

[ChrisAWilson]

I'm definitely not a Model 95 expert but I'd buy that one all day! Looks good to me!

[Arisaka1995]

Thanks all! This is relieving to hear! Looks like eBay can have some goodies once you get past all the trash. Time to get some proper storage for the new addition to my collection. 

[Kiipu]

A pretty straight forward Suya dating toward the end of the war.  This is the second to last variation made by them.  The last variation is the same as yours except the blade fuller was discontinued starting at about serial number 154529.  The scabbard is also made by Suya except it is for an earlier sword.  I would not worry too much about the mismatched scabbard though.  It is a good sword and will display nicely.