Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by KIKUHIDE with Scabbard - Dated 1945 NATION Before the advance

Before the advance

so it has really never been touched in almost 150 years

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and the areas missing the plating now show a shiny aluminum finish with some wear

and after a brief rest

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer P-1944 Rinji Seikishi Shin-Gunto Katana Sword by KIKUHIDE with Scabbard - Dated 1945 NATION Before the advanceOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased recently at a large military show, this is an lovely condition late war style Japanese officer Katana, with an arsenal made blade. It is in the standard 1944 pattern fittings, officially known as the (Rinji Seikishi) or "Special Contingency" version of the Type 98 Shin Gunto ( kyhachi shiki gunt) setting. These fittings, while often called the P 1944, were in fact designed in 1938, but didn't really see