Japanese Arisaka Bayonet (Early Kokura Arsenal)
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This bayonet shows all the signs of being made before WWII. With polished blade, contoured birdshead pommel and quillion and the wood grip being fixed by screws and not rivets.
This bayonet retains 90% of the blades original polish while the pommel and guard retain over 75% of the original blueing. The blade also shows the original factory sharpening of the last 10 inches of blade. The scabbard has much of its original blueing but show some light dents due to use. Overall a very good example of an early WWII Japanese bayonet.
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Introduced in 1897 for use with the Type 30 rifle, although no official designation for these bayonets has been found, they are commonly referred to as the Type 30. The Type 30 bayonet had a 394mm polished blade, a crossguard with hooked quillion, contoured wood grips held by screws, and a contoured birdshead pommel. Production of the bayonet remained virtually unchanged until the outbreak of the Second World War, throughout which variations, of which over 100 have been catalogued, were made to the design to facilitate production. The Type 30 bayonet was used on all Japanese rifles and carbines, with the exception of the Type 44 carbine (which utilized a folding bayonet), until the end of the Second World War.