Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by KANEMORI with Steel Scabbard - Dated 1942 Russian Navy is nevertheless a thoroughly reliable

is nevertheless a thoroughly reliable instrument

many Model 1841s were often melted down to be reconstituted into newer

The grip plates are of walnut with the standard four retaining rivets

There is no maker marked

or British soldier along with Dippel's Soldbuch

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by KANEMORI with Steel Scabbard - Dated 1942 Russian Navy is nevertheless a thoroughly reliableOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased directly from a collector, this is a very nice wartime production high grade Japanese officer Katana in the standard pre 1944 Shin Gunto setting and is dated November 1942 on the blade tang. A Gunt (, military sword) is a Japanese sword produced for use by the Japanese army and navy after the end of the samurai era in 1868, when the Meiji Restoration occurred. This is a very nice example, and either saw