Hunting, Fishing, Weapons & Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a 1958 Zippo lighter showing a pheasant hunting scene in muted autumn colors. VINTAGE: Circa 1958. SIZE: Approximately 2-3/16" height and 1-1/2" width and " in thickness. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Chrome-plated brass, painted...

ARTIFACT: Nice Showa Period WWII Japanese Naval / Army Officer Sword Tassel from the Showa Period (1926 Ð 1989). After WWI and during WWII there was much conflict between China and Japan. Oil, available only in the Dutch East Indies helped to escalate...

ARTIFACT: Nice Showa Period WWII Japanese Naval / Army Officer Sword Tassel from the Showa Period (1926 Ð 1989). After WWI and during WWII there was much conflict between China and Japan. Oil, available only in the Dutch East Indies helped to escalate...

ARTIFACT: Minty WWII Japanese Naval / Army Officer Sword Tassel from the Showa Period (1926 Ð 1989). This unissued example is blue and brown and remains untied. After WWI and during WWII there was much conflict between China and Japan. Oil, available...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Japanese Nambu pistol ammunition clip. The Nambu, which looks like the German Luger on the surface, was the most widely used sidearm by Japanese forces. It was never officially issued by the Japanese military however, as...

ARTIFACT: Lovely Japanese brass tanto tsuba. A tsuba (aka guard) has two functions, to contribute to the balance of the weapon, and protection of the hand. Tsubas were made by highly skilled Japanese craftsman devoted to making nothing else, most were...

ARTIFACT: This is an aikuchi ("fitting mouth") dagger in a delicate lacquered mount and sheath. The dagger dates from the Edo (Samurai period), which came to a close in 186The aikuchi style of knife is made without a hand guard (tsuba). The handle of the...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s or early World War II Japanese leather clamshell holster for a Type 14 Nambu semi-automatic pistol. This holster is rare in that not only is it named to the Japanese officer it originally belonged to, but also to the...

ARTIFACT: This is a Japanese fireman's axe/hook from the Edo period, also known as a "tomiguchi". The blade is triangular and used as a pick. The long oaken handle is ringed at intervals with steel, reinforced with rods of the same, and capped off at the...

ARTIFACT: This is a Japanese Type 32 Otsu transport soldier's sword. The Otsu was an abbreviated version of the Type 32 "Ko" cavalry sword, made beginning in 1899, through the World War I era, and up until 193The Otsu was used by Japanese enlistees in...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I machine gun munitions worker badge. The badge has a bar at top that reads WAR WORKER, and the medallion reads MACHINE GUNS and shows a man at a forge and an eagle. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: 1-11/16" height and...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I Winchester Firearms war worker badge. The badge reads WAR SERVICE MUNITIONS MANUFACTURE and shows a soldier holding a rifle against a cityscape with a crest of stars and stripes. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: About...