From the collection of Jarrod McSherry , a friend of mine from the states who collects Japanese Militaria with a passion. Figured I would post a rare item of his.
"Yet another of my pointless posts about some oddball Japanese arms. this one is a very rare bayonet called the "pole bayonet". this type of bayonet was never meant to be mounted on a rifle. instead, it was to be tied to a pole. this would create a crude "lance" that Japanese soldiers or civilians would use to charge allied forces with.
these bayonets were made by only two different manufacturers and oddle enough, they were both located outside of Japan. Mukden and Jinsen arsenals both made these rare birds, and several variations of these exist. a very rare variation with a tang extension was made by hoten (mukden) arsenal. the tang extension was merely a small extension with a hole in it.
all of these bayonets will be numbered on the tang. they were poorly finished and all of them show major tooling marks in the blades and tangs. the grips are squared and are riveted on to the blade. the quillon is unique to any other bayonets as it has two holes in it. on on the top and one on the bottom. these bayonets will also lack a locking device. scabbards are made of wood and are squared at the end and are found with either twine wrapping, or wire wrapping depending on the arsenal.
these true last ditch weapons were found on several islands throughout the pacific theater. period photos and a copy of original instructions on how to tie the bayonets to a pole can be found on pages 474 and 475 of "bayonets of Japan" by Ray Labar."
and because I'm turning into a militaria whore look at what I have coming in the mail.....
+5 points to whoever knows which medal that is. Should be a easy one.
"Yet another of my pointless posts about some oddball Japanese arms. this one is a very rare bayonet called the "pole bayonet". this type of bayonet was never meant to be mounted on a rifle. instead, it was to be tied to a pole. this would create a crude "lance" that Japanese soldiers or civilians would use to charge allied forces with.
these bayonets were made by only two different manufacturers and oddle enough, they were both located outside of Japan. Mukden and Jinsen arsenals both made these rare birds, and several variations of these exist. a very rare variation with a tang extension was made by hoten (mukden) arsenal. the tang extension was merely a small extension with a hole in it.
all of these bayonets will be numbered on the tang. they were poorly finished and all of them show major tooling marks in the blades and tangs. the grips are squared and are riveted on to the blade. the quillon is unique to any other bayonets as it has two holes in it. on on the top and one on the bottom. these bayonets will also lack a locking device. scabbards are made of wood and are squared at the end and are found with either twine wrapping, or wire wrapping depending on the arsenal.
these true last ditch weapons were found on several islands throughout the pacific theater. period photos and a copy of original instructions on how to tie the bayonets to a pole can be found on pages 474 and 475 of "bayonets of Japan" by Ray Labar."
and because I'm turning into a militaria whore look at what I have coming in the mail.....
+5 points to whoever knows which medal that is. Should be a easy one.
