WW2 Japanese Combat Bayonet with Rubberized Canvas Frog. Type 30 bayonet with hooked quillon. Blade ricasso marked with the maker logo for Tokyo/Kokura Arsenal. Bright blade appears to be in worn condition with some sharpening to edge. Overall blade length approximately 15 3/4 inches. Very worn condition. Additional Notes: The Japanese Type 30 bayonet was a bayonet designed for the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) to be used with the Arisaka Type 30 Rifle and was later used on the Type 38 and Type 99 rifles and Types 96 and 99 light machine guns. Some 8.4 million were produced, and it remained in front-line use from the Russo-Japanese War to the end of WW2. All Japanese infantrymen were issued with the Type 30, whether they were armed with a rifle or pistol, or even if they were unarmed. See Additional Information for shipping dimensions.
