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Pictures
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Type
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Description
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Blade Length
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Overall Length
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Muzzle Ring Diameter
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Markings
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Type 30
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Sword bayonet for use on the Type 38 6.5 mm rifle and Type 99 7.7 mm rifle. Also fits on the older 6.5 mm Type 30 rifle, who's designation this bayonet shares.
This example is from the 46th series, the 2nd series produced by the Toyed Jidoshoki Seisakusho (Toyoda Automatic Loom Works), under Nagoya Army Arsenal supervision. Toyoda made bayonets from 1938-1945.
The maker’s mark on this example is of the 2nd style, with the Kanji inside the diamond pointing downward. The earliest 42nd series examples have the Kanji pointing upward. A 3rd style is found on wartime examples with a rectangular Kanji (no point).
This is an early example with a highly polished, fullered blade; hooked quillion, contoured grips fastened with screws set in escutcheons; and, a contoured birds-head pommel.
The scabbard is a later pattern with tubular end (instead of a ball tip).
Toyoda Automatic Loom Works began producing automobiles in 1933. In 1937, the automobile department became a separate company which grew into what is known today as Toyota Motor Sales.
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15.50
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20.00
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.550
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Ricasso: Figure-eight inside a circle (Nagoya Arsenal mark) and diamond with a rectangle inside (Toyoda Automatic Loom Works mark)
Pommel: Series 46 cana and "19488"
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Type 30
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Mid-War Type 30 bayonet with highly polished, blued, fullered blade; straight crosspiece, contoured wraparound grips, fastened with rivets; and, flat birds-head pommel.
Scabbard is the wartime pattern with tubular end (instead of ball).
Made by Matshusita National Denki, under Kokura Army Arsenal supervision. Matshusita National Denki translates to Matsushita National Electric Co. They were founded in 1918 to make consumer household electric apppliances and have evolved into the present-day Panasonic Corporation.
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15.625
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20.00
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.555
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Ricasso: Stacked cannonballs (Kokura Arsenal mark) and "M" with an arrow through it.
Pommel: Japanese characters followed by "43755"
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Type 30
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95th Series, late-war substitute-standard or "last-ditch" Type 30 bayonet. This example was made by the Hikari Seiki Seisaku-jo KK, under Kokura Army Arsenal supervision, in 1945. The 95th series was the final series produced by Hikari Seiki.
This bayonet exhibits the simplified manufacture typical of late-war substitute-standard bayonets:
Crude, unfullered blade;
Straight crosspiece;
Rectangular pommel; and,
Riveted, slab-sided grips.
The scabbard is a late-war wooden scabbard, held together with string.
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15.625
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20.00
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.560
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Ricasso: "Four cannonballs" and "Hourglass" markings.
Tang (upper): 95th series cana and "33592"
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Type 30 Trainer
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Crudely made training bayonet for use on the school training rifles used for military drill and training, which was a normal part of high school curriculum from the early 1930s through the end of WWII in 1945. These rifles were made of scrap rifle parts, soft steel and cast metal, firing only blanks, caps, or were non-firing "clicker" models.
Trainers were typically workshop-made of soft steel and cast metal. The fit and finish of these bayonets is inferior to the Army issue pieces, as they weren't expected to stand up to the rigors of service use. This example exhibits good workmanship for a trainer.
Common characteristics that differentiate trainers from service bayonets include:
Shallow, sloppy fuller;
No arsenal markings
Thin crosspiece; and,
poorly fitting press stud.
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15.50
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20.25
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.570
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Grip (Right): A large "6" or "9" neatly die-struck into the wood.
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