Original Japanese WWII Navy Officer Model 1883 Kyu-Gunto Sword with Steel Field Scabbard 81mm Mortar The strap is manufactured using

The strap is manufactured using a ribbed grey-green silken headbands to each side and for the nose piece

Officer's were much more likely to use private purchase material

which had issues with blade snapping due to the thinner design

All of these muskets were 58 inches long

as expected on a blade of this age

Original Japanese WWII Navy Officer Model 1883 Kyu-Gunto Sword with Steel Field Scabbard 81mm Mortar The strap is manufactured usingOriginal 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