Type 32 Chinese Version Authentication

[Skrag0]

Hello,

 

I really love the Japanese Type 32 swords, I've done a lot more research since my last bad purchase and came across a green painted one. I read that the green painted versions were the ones sent to China.

 

I know it's an authentic Type 32 but is it an authentic Chinese version? I haven't seen any pictures of one in my research. I think the drips on the sheath is interesting, it doesn't seem like they gave it much effort.

 

[BANGBANGSAN]

It seems you got it from PCAY. This sword is not the Chinese version but the real Japanese Type 32 甲 . It could be captured by PLA and reissued to their cavalry troop before they start to make the replica.
But not 100% sure, since this is the only Japanese Type 32 painted to PLA green I ever saw.

Here is the Chinese version

 

[Shamsy]

Pierre is a great bloke, but I'm not sure why he attributed the sword to Chinese. They had their own sword, but like Trystan said, it may have been captured or purchased. Unlikely to ever know. It's a genuine example of a 32 though, so much better this time around.

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Steve

Do you saw any of the PLA versions of Type 32 in Australia?

[Shamsy]

As in for sale, in collections or have I owned one? To answer simply, I've not seen any in other collections (Not that I see many other collections in Australia, though I've seen them for sales a couple of times in auctions here. I've never owned one, not my area of collecting. 

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Steve

I knew these PLA cavalry swords are mainly in the US, but also seen in Canada &UK. I assume there must be some get to Australia.

[Shamsy]

I've seen them for sale here, but whether they were imported from the U.S. or U.K. first, I don't know.