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World War II weaponry buffs, I have some questions.

Kaervak

Kaervak

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My uncle got this bayonete while serving in WWII. I don't know how, and I don't think he would remember anyway. Somehow my dad ended up with it and has had it for around thirty years. I've been curious about it for the longest time but haven't bothered to check on it, until now. I've managed to find some info on it from http://www.radix.net/~bbrown/japanese_markings.html It's for an Arisaka rifle, and was manufactured by Toyoda Jidoshoki Seisakusho (Toyoda Automatic Loom Works) under Nagoya supervision (directly taken from site) That's a good bit of info, but I don't what division carried this bayonete or what type it is. If anyone knows any more info about it, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Took a few pics if anyone is interested:

Sheath:
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Kaervak/IMG_1419.JPG
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Kaervak/IMG_1420.JPG

Bayonete:
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Kaervak/IMG_1408.JPG
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Kaervak/IMG_1415.JPG
 
Probably was pretty common, so tracking down which group had this one may well be impossible.
 
Originally posted by: So
Probably was pretty common, so tracking down which group had this one may well be impossible.
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If it was standard issue tons of different divisions would have used the same model.
 
It's for an Arisaka rifle, and was manufactured by Toyoda Jidoshoki Seisakusho (Toyoda Automatic Loom Works)
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Toyoda Loom would later become Toyota Motor Company, I bet you did not know that!
 
Originally posted by: Googer
It's for an Arisaka rifle, and was manufactured by Toyoda Jidoshoki Seisakusho (Toyoda Automatic Loom Works)
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Toyoda Loom would later become Toyota Motor Company, I bet you did not know that!
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Why no, I didn't. That's pretty cool actually. Do you happen to know of any forums that are specifically for WWII related weaponry/items?
 
Originally posted by: Kaervak
Originally posted by: Googer
It's for an Arisaka rifle, and was manufactured by Toyoda Jidoshoki Seisakusho (Toyoda Automatic Loom Works)
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Toyoda Loom would later become Toyota Motor Company, I bet you did not know that!
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Why no, I didn't. That's pretty cool actually. Do you happen to know of any forums that are specifically for WWII related weaponry/items?
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I have seen some, but I never bothered to bookmark them. So I cannot tell you where they are located on the net.
 
The grandpa of a friend of mine has a Japanese rifle, bayonet, and set of swords. Interesting stuff.

Incidentally, the bayonet is clearly in violation of the Geneva convention 😛
 
i have a Arisaka rifle my dad brought back from the war. i have been wanting a bayonette for it for a long time and the ones i found at gun shows were either in sh*tty condition or didnt have a scabbard. yours is in decent shape and has a scabbard. want to sell it to me?

I bagged a deer with the rifle a few years ago while hunting here in colorado. 7.7 JAP rounds are not cheap so i was picky about what deer i blasted.
 
Originally posted by: jagec
The grandpa of a friend of mine has a Japanese rifle, bayonet, and set of swords. Interesting stuff.

Incidentally, the bayonet is clearly in violation of the Geneva convention 😛
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The Japs didn't really care much for human rights anyways. They beat, starved, enslaved, murdered, assainated, tortured, and forced our GI POW's to do things that make Abu Ghraib look like a day at Disneyland.
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The Bridge on the River Kwai is a good example of this, but the movie from 1957 Called "The Bridge on the River Kwai" is very inaccurate and does not tell you what happened. It's very in accurate and all GI's who were there and whom the movie was about were out raged that the Strory was sugar coated the the truth was conceled.

The truth is the Bridge over the River Kwai was a bloody, deadly, and tourturous ordeal for the brave men who lived through it.
 
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