Original Japanese WWII Navy Officer Model 1883 Kyu-Gunto Sword with Leather Parade Scabbard Military Art but the needle-like tip is

but the needle-like tip is still intact

2mm or more and weighing 920 grams or more

the blade itself is 32 inches long

only documents that 2

Original Japanese WWII Navy Officer Model 1883 Kyu-Gunto Sword with Leather Parade Scabbard Military Art but the needle-like tip isOriginal Item: Only One Available. The first standard sword of the Japanese military was known as the kyu gunto (, old military sword). Murata Tsuneyoshi (1838 1921), a Japanese general who previously made guns, started making what was probably the first mass produced substitute for traditionally made samurai swords. These swords are referred to as "Murata to" and they were used in both the Sino Japanese war (1894 1895) and the Russo Japanese war