NCO Seki Manufactured Sword

[Butch]

Having recently purchased the Copper handled NCO sword I thought I would post another NCO sword made by Seki Token Co ..

It is again a matching number example but unusually it as the Manufacture's mark plus the inspectors mark of the the Nagoya arsenal but no arsenal mark ..

I have to thank Bruce for his help and advice when I was thinking of purchasing it as he posted it on here for discussion before I did pull the trigger ..

regarding the swords number being 130557 what year would the sword would have been made ?

Many thanks Gareth 

[Bruce Pennington]

Dang Gareth!  That is in pretty pristine condition! I have one like that where I swear, the sergeant carried it must have been an accountant in a financial office and headquarters building somewhere. It never saw service in the field.
 

I am also surprised to see the end of the bohi.  It 90% follows the shape of the kissaki just like the Tokyo Arsenal blades do. A bit unusual for Nagoya.

 

With these exceptions, you have quite an exceptional sword!

[lonely panet]

yes thats a very tidy example

[Butch]

Is it unusual not to have the arsenal mark or is it sometimes found like my example ?

Gareth

[Bruce Pennington]

It is unusual, but not unheard of.  @Shamsy and @Stegel could tell you, but neither of them have been active for a while.  @BANGBANGSAN or @Kiipu might track things like that.

[BANGBANGSAN]

On 6/22/2024 at 6:25 AM, Bruce Pennington said:

 

I am also surprised to see the end of the bohi.  It 90% follows the shape of the kissaki just like the Tokyo Arsenal blades do. A bit unusual for Nagoya.

I saw another early Nagoya that has Kissaki kind of like this one.