Type 19 Cavalry Officers Sword in WW2

[Conway S]

Hello All, 

 

I have looked through a few reference books (Dawson, Plimpton and Fuller) and haven't found much information on the usage of the Type 19 Cavalry Officer swords in WW2. I am wondering if they were still being produced into the 1940s. Dawson writes that they were "superseded in 1934 by the shin-guntō" on page 101 of the Cyclopedia Edition. Would they still have been purchased and used by officers in the dress/parade sword capacity during WW2? Any information would be appreciated. Thanks. 

 

Conway

[lonely panet]

Carried yes,  and used yes.  the type 19 kyu dress swords continued to see day carry as a lighter alternative.

 

but i dont know but would surely think sales would have finalised at the time of change or being very limited,  but only guessing

[Bruce Pennington]

Are you talking about this type?

[Conway S]

That's correct, Bruce. Although I was thinking more about the ones with the machine-made chromed blades (secured through the handle with the threaded nut).

 

Just a question I had as someone who "tries" to collect mainly WW2-era items. I don't see these come up for sale very often and wouldn't be opposed to adding one to the collection. 

 

Conway 

[Bruce Pennington]

I don’t know of a source that states definitively the beginning and end years of their production. My personal feel is that manufacturers who are making them when they were superseded, would have continued to make every effort to sell their inventories. Like the type 32s and the kyugunto, whose production stopped at certain points, we saw that they were carried throughout the war. Maybe the fact that we do not see many of them points to the idea that shops stopped making them at the point they were superseded.