JPN SWORDS & WEAPONS

153 topics in this forum

1. Mission Statement

   By Forum Manager, September 22, 2018
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   • Forum Manager
   • September 22, 2018

2. "1944 Pattern" Shin-gunto Army Officer Sword

   By SARGE, August 30, 2019
   • 8 replies
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   • SARGE
   • April 28, 2020

3. 1889 Naval Prison & Shore Patrol Sword

   By SARGE, June 30, 2019
   • 3 replies
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   • SARGE
   • July 3, 2019

4. 20 Years of Collecting - Imperial Japanese Inert Ordnance

   By Airborne-Hunter, May 5, 2021
   • 3 replies
   • 768 views
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   • Fortunes Of War
   • May 11, 2021

5. 7.7 Steel Cased Ammo Find

   By kfields, November 19, 2023
   • 2 replies
   • 390 views
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   • kfields
   • November 21, 2023

6. Ammo/Mag or Tool Storage

   By Fortunes Of War, September 25, 2021
   • 1 reply
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   • Fortunes Of War
   • September 28, 2021

7. Another Nambu

   By Dirk, May 24, 2020
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   • BrianD
   • September 11, 2020

8. Anyone know anything about this sword?

   By Ben@HI, December 18, 2019
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   • SARGE
   • December 18, 2019

9. Arisaka type 30 bayonet

   By Thor996, October 23, 2018
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   • Thor996
   • October 23, 2018

10. Arisaka Type 38 Carbine

    By Navy87Guy, December 20, 2022
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    • Arkaidiyh
    • 21 hours ago

11. Army sword forged at Yasukuni Shrine in 1938

    By ManInJapan, Sunday at 04:46 PM
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    • SARGE
    • 20 hours ago

12. Booby Trap?

    By Stony, September 8, 2019
    • 15 replies
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    • Stony
    • September 10, 2019

13. Bring back Jinsen T-99

    By mvmhm, March 27, 2022
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    • mvmhm
    • April 6, 2022

14. Bullet holes in Japanese bayonet scabbards

    By Bob Hudson, August 17, 2022
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    • Bob Hudson
    • August 18, 2022

15. Can anyone tell me what the tang of this Japanese sword says

    By Bill Scott, August 6, 2023
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    • Bill Scott
    • August 8, 2023

16. Drag guard on type 98 sheath

    By Ben@HI, July 29, 2021
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    • Crotalus358
    • August 18, 2021

17. EXTREMELY RARE JAPANESE TYPE 5 SEMI AUTO RIFLE

    By mdk220, April 5, 2020
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    • Jim Mitchell
    • August 16, 2021

18. Flea market late war Japanese sword

    By Ben@HI, November 3, 2020
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    • Crotalus358
    • August 18, 2021

19. Flea Market Sword

    By bryang, April 25, 2020
    • 2 replies
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    • lambo35
    • April 27, 2020

20. Grenade launchers

    By robinb, May 26, 2021
    • 3 replies
    • 734 views
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    • jangle
    • May 26, 2021

21. Help with an ID this Japanese WW2 Item

    By Escapeguy, August 1, 2020
    • 4 replies
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    • kaydees
    • August 23, 2020

22. Help with odd WW2 bring back wakizashi

    By Ben@HI, July 29, 2021
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    • kilgarvan
    • September 21, 2021

23. Identified Imperial Japanese Navy Dirk

    By Kanemono, October 20, 2019
    • 4 replies
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    • MattS
    • October 30, 2019

24. Imperial Japanese Naval Daggers

    By Bob Hudson, October 31, 2018
    • 5 replies
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    • Tony v
    • October 31, 2018

25. Information on a Sling

    By kaydees, June 18, 2020
    • 1 reply
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    • daskrieg
    • June 18, 2020

26. Interesting scope, type 99 machine gun

    By jayhawkhenry, February 21, 2022
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    • jayhawkhenry
    • February 21, 2022

27. JAPANESE "LAST DITCH" BAYONET/WOODEN SCABBARD?

    By bldrhouse, May 20, 2019
    • 7 replies
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    • bldrhouse
    • May 24, 2019

28. Japanese 37mm and hand grenade

    By 12thengr, November 23, 2020
    • 0 replies
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    • 12thengr
    • November 23, 2020

29. Japanese Arisaka Collection

    By mkite93, February 8, 2022
    • 14 replies
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    • Arkaidiyh
    • 21 hours ago

30. Japanese Arisaka Muzzle Cover

    By kaydees, February 19, 2020
    • 2 replies
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    • kaydees
    • February 24, 2020

31. Japanese Arisaka Type 30 Late War Last Ditch Bayonet

    By Thor996, October 23, 2018
    • 3 replies
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    • 44-63963
    • November 5, 2018

32. Japanese Bayonet with no makers mark and no sharpened edge. What is it?

    By Boy Howdy, March 31, 2021
    • 4 replies
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    • Boy Howdy
    • March 31, 2021

33. Japanese ceramic grenades

    By bldrhouse, May 31, 2019
    • 5 replies
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    • bldrhouse
    • May 31, 2019

34. Japanese Frog Markings ID

    By Stacked Wings, July 24, 2021
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    • Stacked Wings
    • July 27, 2021

35. Japanese grenade identification

    By tthen, April 14, 2019
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    • bldrhouse
    • April 6, 2020

36. Japanese Items

    By Ronnie, August 11, 2019
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    • Ronnie
    • August 11, 2019

37. Japanese Matchlock Tanegashima Musket circa 1750-1850

    By Kanemono, February 3, 2020
    • 3 replies
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    • patches
    • February 12, 2020

38. Japanese Meiji Period Tanto Carved with Dragons

    By Kanemono, February 26, 2019
    • 2 replies
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    • Leo
    • May 26, 2019

39. Japanese Nambu or BREN?

    By stratasfan, January 25, 2019
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    • stratasfan
    • January 28, 2019

40. Japanese Naval Dirk w/ Tag

    By Airborne-Hunter, May 18, 2021
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    • Airborne-Hunter
    • May 18, 2021

41. Japanese Navy Officers Sword

    By Tony v, October 31, 2018
    • 7 replies
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    • Tony v
    • November 5, 2018

42. Japanese Navy Training Rifle

    By kaydees, January 19, 2020
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    • thunderbolts45
    • January 21, 2020

43. Japanese officer dress sword question

    By LE LOUP DES MERS, October 10, 2022
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    • LE LOUP DES MERS
    • October 10, 2022

44. Japanese Officer Sword Translation

    By Pudgy (V), August 30, 2020
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    • kilgarvan
    • September 21, 2021

45. Japanese officer's sword and belt

    By mvmhm, February 2, 2022
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    • SARGE
    • February 4, 2022

46. Japanese Paratrooper Sword Belt

    By Eric Queen, January 30, 2022
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    • Rod
    • January 31, 2022

47. Japanese police sword

    By Bob Hudson, October 22, 2018
    • 2 replies
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    • SARGE
    • October 22, 2018

48. Japanese Rifle and Bayonet, Need ID

    By Otter42, July 12, 2021
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    • St.Lukas
    • July 14, 2021

49. Japanese rifles and such

    By pvon, March 8, 2019
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    • Leo
    • March 9, 2019

50. Japanese Shin-gunto sword captured at Guadalcanal

    By Kanemono, December 22, 2018
    • 7 replies
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    • RussM
    • June 5, 2019