WW2 made Wakizashi - How common are they?

Have been considering posting this for some time. I have an undated Kanemitsu Wakizashi with Sho stamp. A good sword mate mentioned that it's rare to find a Wak made during WW2 period and maybe only 1 in 100 Wak's fall into this category. I have noticed the odd mention of this on other threads but thought it could be interesting to explore just how 'rare' they may be and how many are owned by members. So if you have one, please post. M

I have seen a Yasukuni Shrine blade by Yasumitsu, dated May 1939 that was ubu with a blade length of 22.8 inches or 57.9 cm fully mounted in original WWII mounts. So yes, wakizashi length blades were made for military use. There were officers of shorter height who no doubt either didn't need or want a blade longer than 24 inches or 2 shaku. The blade mounts on that Yasumitsu were of high quality and perhaps the blade and mounts were custom ordered to meet the buyer's demands. Since it was an ubu