Original WWII Japanese Type 98 Shin-Gunto Katana Sword signed KINMICHI with Steel Scabbard - dated 1944 The Pacific on HBO - Leather A-2 flight jacket

- Leather A-2 flight jacket with name tag removed

Action type:  Modified Falling-Block

Expensively made with machined brass filler cap and dropping spout with its own cap retained by a chain

These were always placed so they were on the outside of the blade

Original WWII Japanese Type 98 Shin-Gunto Katana Sword signed KINMICHI with Steel Scabbard - dated 1944 The Pacific on HBO - Leather A-2 flight jacketOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased directly from a collector, this is a very nice wartime production high grade Japanese officer Katana in the Type 98 Shin Gunto ( kyhachi shiki gunt) setting. These type of fittings (koshirae) are slightly simplified compared to the earlier Type 94. The blade tang is both signed by the maker as well as dated 1944. A Shin Gunt (, new military sword) is a weapon and symbol of rank used by the Imperial Japanese