Type 95 NCO Question

[ChiburiW]

Good evening everyone. New to the posting. Just some opinions on authenticity. Hope the pictures are sufficient. Thanks for any feedback.

[PNSSHOGUN]

Looks ok to me, later stage type with Iron Tsuba. 

[ChiburiW]

Thanks. I’m trying to add a photo of the scabbard also.

[ChiburiW]

[BANGBANGSAN]

Legit

[ChiburiW]

Thank you Bang.

[Bruce Pennington]

Little stamp by the blade serial number is the "TO" of the Tokyo 1st Army Arsenal.  Can't clearly see the fuchi (collar above the handguard), but I assume it's steel, not copper.  Sometimes there are faint stamps on these.  Any chance?  I've never heard which contractor made the iron tsuba models for the Tokyo arsenal.  Maybe @Stegel or @Shamsy can enlighten us!

[ChiburiW]

Hi Bruce. I’ll take some additional pictures when I get a chance. Thanks again for your information.

[Kolekt-To]

A good amount of paint remaining on the Tsuka - hopefully original paint. And, yes, it would be nice to know the makers of these steel fuchi of the later version Type 95. 

[Bruce Pennington]

The ones make in the Seki area, Nagoya Arsenal, were mostly made by the Seki Token Co. (if I have that name right).  But they have Nagoya arsenal stamps and Seki stamps on the fuchi and blade.  This one was put out by someone under the Tokyo 1st Arsenal, and I can't say I've ever seen who made them for Tokyo.

[Kolekt-To]

Interesting...

[Bruce Pennington]

Did some checking in my files and I do have an iron tsuba one a Tokyo blade which fortunately has a copper fuchi.  I found 2 - an Iijima Shoten Co. and a Mizuno gunto.  Don't know yet if the other contractors made them, though that only leaves Suya Shoten.  Still digging.

[ChiburiW]

Bruce as soon as I can get some pictures taken I’ll post them up. Thanks again for sharing pictures and information.