Identification of Type 95 NCO sword- approximate date and maker

[Secondhandstuff]

Recently purchased this late pattern Type 95 NCO sword. The markings on the fuchi are too faint to read at all. Any help would be appreciated.

[BANGBANGSAN]

It was made in Tokyo first arsenal, around 1943. The fitting could be made by the Ijima sword shop.

[robinalexander]

Hi Cullen looks like a nice (matched numbers) example.  If you can see faint stamps its because the fuchi is iron and probably painted black over the stamps.  Sometimes if you get the light just right you can snap a picture. Even if you have to 'roll' the sword over a little to get one stamp at a time.

Rob

[Bruce Pennington]

Ohmura calls these a "middle type".  You can see a photo of one in the same serial number ball-park on his site HERE.  The round, black tsuba style was dispersed throughout most of the war years, and not relegated to late-war.

[Smee78]

Good eye Bruce, I missed the black tsuba the first time I looked at the pictures.

 

Still, it looks like a nice piece.

[Kiipu]

On 3/2/2023 at 7:54 PM, BANGBANGSAN said:

The fitting could be made by the Ijima sword shop.

 

Actually, it was made by Suya.  Your pink slip is in the mail!

 

On 3/2/2023 at 8:30 PM, robinalexander said:

If you can see faint stamps its because the fuchi is iron and probably painted black over the stamps.

 

To the best of my knowledge, only Nagoya occasionally stamped steel ferrules.  As this is under Kokura supervision, it would not have any stamps on the steel ferrule.  If someone begs to differ, post a picture!

[Bruce Pennington]

Working from memory here, but I only recall seeing stamps on steel fuchi from Nagoya/Seki Shoten

[Secondhandstuff]

Original pictures didn’t really do it justice. As a bonus, the blade is still Arsenal sharpened. Original post photos were while I was awaiting shipment from the Ruptured duck.

[Secondhandstuff]

On 3/5/2023 at 1:42 PM, Kiipu said:

 

Actually, it was made by Suya.  Your pink slip is in the mail!

 

 

To the best of my knowledge, only Nagoya occasionally stamped steel ferrules.  As this is under Kokura supervision, it would not have any stamps on the steel ferrule.  If someone begs to differ, post a picture!

I know this is old but I’m just starting and any tips will help, how can you tell that the fittings were made by Suya sword shop? 

[Bruce Pennington]

On 3/5/2023 at 11:42 AM, Kiipu said:

Actually, it was made by Suya

Thomas, are you going by the serial number range for Suya?  Also, I see the Tokyo 1st inspector stamp on the blade, but you state it was a Kokura supervised gunto, so I'm assuming the serial number puts it prior to 1942? 

[Kiipu]

Yes, by serial ranges.  The Type 95s above and below were made by Suya.  The arsenal logo, which is amiss, would have been Kokura.