Japanese Sword

[82Trooper]

As requested (thanks for that!)...here are some pix of my father-in-law's NCO sword (Shin-gunto)..machine made blade, and painted aluminum handle to imitate the silk wrapped vintage originals. According to references, it was made between 1937 and 1944. Either at Kokura or Torrimatsu arsenal._

Someday I am going to stumble across a proper sarute (the loop that mounts in the hole at the end of the grip) and make it complete. (believe it or not, my wife and her brother used to play Jedi's with it....so goes family lore! )

A little worse for wear, and the condition is not that great....but the value to us is the provenance....that he brought it home with him.
Mike