WWII Japanese Type 30 Bayonet with Scabbard
Item #: AA4006
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This is a Japanese Type 30 bayonet produced at the Hikari Seiki Seisakusho Arsenal during the pre war years of world War II. There were a total of 8.4 million of these Type 30 bayonets produced between 1897 and the end of World War II. This model bayonet saw several changes through it's lifetime. Originally, the Type 30 had a rounded bird's head pommel, contoured wrap around wood grips secured by screws and oval washers, the crossguard had a hook and the bright blade had a fuller. During the 1930's the blades began to be blued. The first modification was the removal of the hook from the crossguard. Next the grips were changed to flat sided contoured grips fastened with rivets instead of screws. The bird's head pommel went from round to flat, later being changed to rectangular. The blade fuller was the next change, being omitted. This particular "Tokyo Hourglass" arsenal bayonet is a blued finish blade, one of ten variations produced at this arsenal. The serial number is on this one is obscured by the rust on the tang, but it looks to be an early war production. This one has an overall length of 20 1/8". The blade length is 15 11/16". The scabbard that came with this bayonet is the correct metal tubular-tipped scabbard measuring 16 7/16" in length. The muzzle ring measures 9/16". The bayonet is in very good condition, but does suffer from surface rust on the crossguard, tang and pommel. The blued, fullered blade is very clean, with very minimal pitting! The finish is almost completely gone on the crossguard, pommel and tang, replaced by a rusty brown patina. The obverse side of the blade has a crisp Hikari Seiki arsenal stamp. The contoured wood grips are in good condition, the letter L has been carved into the reverse grip and painted red. They are retained by two screws with two oval washers in the right grip and two oval washers in the left grip, also painted red. The metal scabbard is in fair condition. It has been painted black at some point, and retains the majority of that finish. There is light surface rust and pitting over the entire surface of the scabbard. This is a common bayonet according to Raymond Labar's book, "Bayonets of Japan". If you collect WWII Japanese items take a good look at this one!
Shipping Weight:
2 lbs
Your Price $125.00 USD
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