Japanese WWII Army Type 95 Army NCO Sword, Matching, Korkura, Iijima Sword Factory
This item is listed for historical interest only. It was listed on our site previously but has been sold and is no longer available for purchase.
Sold for: $595.00

Original era manufacture. This example is right out of a local estate and exhibits a dark and untouched patina. Matching numbers blade to scabbard of 57186, with a clean blade, no nicks to the cutting edge with some age darkening to the tip. The blade surface shows some scouring from a poor attempt at sharpening the edge. Their lack of talent was so great they completely missed the edge, the result being a very shallow pattern of swirls in the blade surface, mostly located in the mid section of each side. Cast brass tsuba with a deep patina, most of the original paint remains on the handle with pommel loop. The scabbard is dent free and displays a mix of steel patina and original paint, with some tiny dots of white garage paint.