Original WWII Japanese RJT Shin-Gunto Handmade Katana Sword by KATSUKIYO with Textured Scabbard - dated 1943 Category_Feed Block Assembly the steel being beautifully chiseled

the steel being beautifully chiseled and cut with large ringed top jaw screw

and some of the contents are most likely missing

Set comes with the early adjustable bipod and wooden butt stock dated 1944

maker marks

However it still has the correct yellow highlighting on the "menuki" and cherry blossom on the pommel

Original WWII Japanese RJT Shin-Gunto Handmade Katana Sword by KATSUKIYO with Textured Scabbard - dated 1943 Category_Feed Block Assembly the steel being beautifully chiseledOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Recently purchased at a large military auction, this is a great USGI Bring Back wartime production high grade Japanese officer Katana in the Rikugun Jumei Tosho fittings. These were a high grade of variation of the (Rinji Seikishi) or "Special Contingency" version of the Type 98 Shin Gunto ( kyhachi shiki gunt) setting, sometimes called the "Type 3". They feature a textured lacquered scabbard, as well as a blade lock that