Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Steel Scabbard - Handmade Blade Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets but the rest of the

but the rest of the traverse and elevation mechanism works great

The serial number is 4805 dating the year of production to be approximately 1862

The grip is callsic SUHL gun stock quality

With a bore of slightly more than half an inch this little guy surely packed a severe punch back in the day

LOC 3215 as "As Arms Interchangeable

Original WWII Japanese Army Officer Shin-Gunto Katana Sword with Steel Scabbard - Handmade Blade Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets but the rest of theOriginal 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. 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 very little use, or was never issued. The blade