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Rich · 16th February 2015, 04:43 PM

The second sword is a WW II Japanese Army NCO shingunto - all are machine made. The serial numbers are just manufacturing numbers, not assignment numbers to a soldier; so there is no way to trace to whom the sword belonged. An interesting war relic, but not a handmade sword that Nihonto collectors would be interested in. See here - look under military swords.

Rich
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Japanese Sword Guide
http://japaneseswordindex.com/nihonto.htm

16th February 2015, 04:43 PM	#5
Rich Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: comfortably at home, USA Posts: 432	The second sword is a WW II Japanese Army NCO shingunto - all are machine made. The serial numbers are just manufacturing numbers, not assignment numbers to a soldier; so there is no way to trace to whom the sword belonged. An interesting war relic, but not a handmade sword that Nihonto collectors would be interested in. See here - look under military swords. Rich ------------------------------------------------------- Richard Stein, PhD Japanese Sword Guide http://japaneseswordindex.com/nihonto.htm Last edited by Rich; 16th February 2015 at 05:35 PM.