Military Swords of Japan

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1. Arsenal Stamps. 1 2 3 4 30

   By David Flynn, July 17, 2010
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   • Bruce Pennington
   • 2 hours ago

2. Fake Type 95 Nco Swords 1 2 3 4 7

   By Shamsy, June 23, 2016   

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   • 206 replies
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   • Bruce Pennington
   • Sunday at 11:06 PM

3. Rules for this section - Read before posting or reading

   By Brian, March 14, 2009
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   • Gary hoffman
   • June 15

4. Is it original ww2 tanto?

   By Dawid, 16 hours ago
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   • Bruce Pennington
   • 2 hours ago

5. Help identify writing and info on sword

   By jamesbranagan, yesterday at 02:32 PM
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   • jamesbranagan
   • 4 hours ago

6. Hand forged blade in 95 mounts on eBay 1 2

   By drb 1643, June 21
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   • Kiipu
   • 23 hours ago

7. Help with a ID of an odd-looking Japanese-style dagger found in Micronesia

   By bga, June 15
   • 6 replies
   • 228 views
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   • Matsunoki
   • Monday at 06:41 AM

8. Is this a fake nco sword? Thanks

   By AG15190568931, Saturday at 03:07 PM
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   • Shamsy
   • Sunday at 08:57 PM

9. Unusual metal Mekugi

   By Baka Gaijin, June 22
   • 23 replies
   • 257 views
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   • Bruce Pennington
   • Sunday at 03:05 PM

10. Salty WW2 Katana

    By KB1107, Sunday at 10:33 AM
    • 19 replies
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    • vajo
    • Sunday at 02:49 PM

11. Old warhorse

    By tokashikibob, June 19
    • 10 replies
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    • tokashikibob
    • Saturday at 09:10 PM

12. Late War NCO Type 95 Gunto

    By Misconstrued, June 20
    • 12 replies
    • 247 views
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    • Misconstrued
    • Saturday at 04:22 AM

13. Tsuba Appendage

    By IJASWORDS, September 28, 2017
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    • Bryce
    • Friday at 08:02 PM

14. last ditch naval rinji? 1 2

    By hobnails, April 12, 2020
    • 38 replies
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    • Kiipu
    • Friday at 05:51 PM

15. Looking for advice on authenticating this sword

    By twoscoops, May 27
    • 29 replies
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    • SteveM
    • June 23

16. Attention Mantetsu Owners: A Survey 1 2 3 4 32

    By Bruce Pennington, July 21, 2018
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    • Bruce Pennington
    • June 21

17. Does he not feel silly? Does he not feel stupid? Maybe a little ashamed

    By Ontario_Archaeology, June 13
    • 6 replies
    • 339 views
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    • Misconstrued
    • June 20

18. A Japanese Katana Artfully Butchered !

    By drac2k, June 15
    • 24 replies
    • 438 views
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    • Brian
    • June 19

19. The Mysterious "w" Stamp! 1 2 3 4

    By Bruce Pennington, April 23, 2016
    • 101 replies
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    • Bruce Pennington
    • June 19

20. TYPE 95 - WHAT I SAW AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE...

    By Bazza, June 18
    • 4 replies
    • 177 views
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    • Shamsy
    • June 18

21. Let's chat surrender tags

    By Shuriken, December 23, 2021
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    • Lareon
    • June 17

22. Very odd gunto tsuba

    By Cuirassier, June 11
    • 15 replies
    • 345 views
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    • Bruce Pennington
    • June 15

23. A Pair of WW2 Japanese Type 95 NCO Swords for Comment

    By drac2k, June 14
    • 10 replies
    • 202 views
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    • drac2k
    • June 15

24. Identification help 1 2 3

    By Inna, January 20, 2021
    • 68 replies
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    • Kiipu
    • June 14

25. Repurposed type 95

    By Dave R, June 12
    • 4 replies
    • 144 views
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    • Shamsy
    • June 13