Original Japanese WWII Set of Two Type 30 Bayonets with Scabbards made by Toyoda Loom Works Antique Winchesters much of the research performed

much of the research performed by the D-558-1 Skystreaks was quickly overshadowed by Chuck Yeager and the supersonic Bell X-1 rocket plane

but not anything out of the ordinary

nicknamed "potato mashers" because of their resemblance to the kitchen utensil

which gives it a lovely patina

and would be read: SHOWA (current reigning emperor) Juu-Go Nen (15th year of reign - 1940)

Original Japanese WWII Set of Two Type 30 Bayonets with Scabbards made by Toyoda Loom Works Antique Winchesters much of the research performedOriginal Item: Only One Lot Available. The Type 30 bayonet was a bayonet designed for the Imperial Japanese Army to be used with the Arisaka Type 30 Rifle and was later used on the Type 38 and Type 99 rifles. Some 8. 4 million were produced, and it remained in front line use from the Russo Japanese War to the end of World War II. The Type 30 Bayonet had a blade length of 400 millimetres (15. 75 in) and an overall length of 514 millimetres (20. 24 in).