NCO sword check

[Navy]

Hi all;

an old gentleman asked me if the type 95 he owns is legit or not.

To me, everything seems ok (Suya/Tokyo I guess), but she  falls in a serial range where some swords have already the iron tsuba. Also, I'm not totally confident with the digit "1" on the S/N, which seems a bit off.

Before calling her 100% legit, what do you think?

 

TIA,

[BANGBANGSAN]

It's a good one

[Navy]

Thanks Trystan;

I realized I omitted the markings

[Scogg]

Thank you for sharing. Its a nice looking example!

I always liked the 95s that have that distinct YAKOTE

[Scogg]

Also, I wouldn't worry about the tsuba. Different arsenals adopted the iron tsuba at different times. Your example, with those stamps and #s, is within the pattern2 range like I would expect to see 

[Kiipu]

2 hours ago, Navy said:

but she she falls in a serial range where some swords have already the iron tsuba.

 

In the Suya 146K to 149K serial range, brass crossguards were the majority while steel was the minority.  So both will show up, but just that the brass is more common.

 

2 hours ago, Navy said:

I'm not totally confident with the digit "1" on the S/N, which seems a bit off.

 

Looks OK to me.  For comparison, see serial number 148224.

Help with a bit of information on this type 95

[Navy]

14 hours ago, Kiipu said:

 

Looks OK to me.  For comparison, see serial number 148224.

Help with a bit of information on this type 95

Ah, perfect 👍 

This one is just few hundreds numbers apart.

Thanks to you all for sharing your knowledge, and of course thanks also on behalf of the owner.