Original WWII Japanese Navy Officer P1937 Kai-Gunto Katana Samurai Sword with Scabbard - Handmade Blade Snider Rifle Classic Naval brass fittings include

Classic Naval brass fittings include folded butt plate

but still had enough mass to be effective as a military round

It had a simple stirrup hilt

Serial Number: 103269

support for the troops was paramount

Original WWII Japanese Navy Officer P1937 Kai-Gunto Katana Samurai Sword with Scabbard - Handmade Blade Snider Rifle Classic Naval brass fittings includeOriginal Item: Only One Available. Acquired directly from a collector, this is an excellent condition rare 1937 Pattern Kai Gunto Naval Officer katana, with an even rarer handmade blade. This particular example has the higher grade 1937 Pattern fittings with the sharkskin wrapped scabbard, indicating this may have been made for a front line naval officers. This fact makes finding them difficult, as often they would be lost with the ship the officer