Original Japanese WWII Army Company Officer's 1886 Pattern Kyu-Gunto Sword with Handmade Blade & Scabbard Sten Gun The barrel is still the

The barrel is still the correct 21 inches

with the correct flat stamped blacked brass buckle

ejector parts

It has split through at the bottom

which contained a mix of sappers and signalers

Original Japanese WWII Army Company Officer's 1886 Pattern Kyu-Gunto Sword with Handmade Blade & Scabbard Sten Gun The barrel is still theOriginal 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