So, my grandfather was in the US Navy just after the war ended, and he served on a troopship that brought troops home from the Pacific. He said that one day they showed up with a bin of bayonets and rifles and said that if you wanted a souvenir, take one. And my grandfather took a bayonet, which my dad dug up from the basement today so I could look at it. And here it is:
Image quality is bad because I used my phone to take the pictures, sorry about that.
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Nitram: You -are- beautiful. Anyone tries to tell you otherwise kill them.
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Nope, it's a manufacturing stamp for a company under the supervision of Kokura arsenal. There's a whole page on the markings found on Japanese equipment, pretty interesting stuff: http://www.radix.net/~bbrown/japanese_markings.html
So... Unknown company under Kokura supervision, but otherwise a common hook quillon with a flat sided 'bird head' pommel. Not bad
Nitram, slightly high on cough syrup: Do you know you're beautiful?
Me: Nope, that's why I have you around to tell me.
Nitram: You -are- beautiful. Anyone tries to tell you otherwise kill them.
"A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP" -- Leonard Nimoy, last Tweet
Imperial528 wrote:Nope, it's a manufacturing stamp for a company under the supervision of Kokura arsenal. There's a whole page on the markings found on Japanese equipment, pretty interesting stuff: http://www.radix.net/~bbrown/japanese_markings.html
My bad.
Zor
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