Patinamax

Hi all, I have a customer insisting (he may be right, but it seems fairly unlikely, but I am ignorant on this type of sword) he has a WWII or earlier. No markings that I can see (possibly worn and rusted over) and the end of the sword looks suspect as well (not to mention the damage to the blade, tip etc). I was not given any information on the provenance except that it was from his father, who was a photographer (American) in Japan near the end of the war and he brought it home with him (that is he story, and at the moment I have no reason to doubt it). If anyone has any information so I can let him know, that would be very helpful, and of course as always, thank you - and feel free to request any additional pictures you think are necessary. Some of the fittings do appear to be older, and this may indeed be a sword put together from various parts, original, fake, mismatched etc. I will have a few pictures posted to the replies as the size limit makes it difficult to fit all the pictures in the original post.

Hey Sam, I will take a look when I get some time to pull it apart, the store gets very busy very quickly!

Hey there, thank you for the information. I had an extremely short period of time to list this as my store has been extremely busy, so apologies for the errors.

Thanks Sam, I was unsure and did not want to assume (knew metal fittings meant likely military)

Total length (sheathed and with all parts attached) is approximately 39 1/4" or 99.6 cm

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Hey all, it's that time again! I have a sword here a client has asked me to identify/valuate - and it is interesting. Any information will help - smith name, date, etc. I don't have any details or provenance, but he has a lot of vintage swords, vintage US military gear, etc, so possibly a relative who collected artifacts from WWII. Appreciate the help in advance, and please feel free to ask me for more pictures, and I will get around to them when I am able. I will post the additional pictures in replies as they are a little too big to upload all to the main post.

Here are a couple more pictures for you all, the flower that is not a copper color appears to be silver, I suppose it could be iron but unlike jewelry testing I would rather not test this to keep it as well preserved as possible. Any extra information this can provide? Also, if there are any areas you would like to ask about specific pictures on please feel free to let me know, I will do my best.

Updated with more pictures, will try for more when I am able!

Thank you all for the info! I will try to get some pictures of the fittings disassembled when there is time (my store is constantly busy). For now, here are some more updated pictures that will hopefully help identify if it is a type 94 or 98 and more information overall.