🇯🇵 Imperial Japanese Army WW2 Pocket Knife.🇯🇵

[New_Windsor_NY]

Yesterday afternoon, I completed a NON-cutlery related purchase with an acquaintance of mine. He threw in this pocket knife as part of the deal. It will definitely get added to my general, "foreign born", pocket knife accumulation. It is an UNKNOWN (to me), one blade, one tool (a can opener), 3 5/8" closed (not including the bail), one handle stamp, all metal, pocket knife. This pocket knife does not have a spring. The bend in the body of the knife is the "spring." The blade does NOT have a half stop. The blade does NOT have an opening snap. The blade does NOT have a closing snap. The can opener (it resembles a P38 can opener), performs as intended. The main handle side says nothing. The other handle side has what appears to be Japanese writing, symbols or characters. I am NOT an expert and I have NO knowledge regarding Asian writing, symbols, or characters. If the handle stamp is NOT Japanese, then I believe that it is .....? The other examples of this particular pattern or style of pocket knife that I found online, were described as being WW2, Japanese soldier, pocket knives. I did NOT clean this pocket knife at all. I just wiped it off. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

[doglegg]

I have never seen a knife exactly like that one Skip.

[New_Windsor_NY]

I.....

Floyd, until I saw this one, neither did I.
If you Google "Imperial Japanese Army WW2 Pocket Knife", you will see some.

[New_Windsor_NY]

This morning, my trip to the post office produced this pocket knife. It now becomes my second example to be posted under this topic or thread. It also becomes my latest example to be added to my general, "foreign born", pocket knife accumulation. It is an UNKNOWN (to me), one blade, one tool (a can opener), 2 3/4" closed (not including the bail), all metal, pocket knife. I can NOT find any remains of etches, marks, or stamps anywhere on this pocket knife. I am however, 99.999% positive that this pocket knife is Japanese in origin. The main handle side says nothing, it is blank. The other handle side says nothing, it is blank. Both handle sides have markings, but I do NOT know if they are the remains of "writing" or they are just cosmetic blemishes. This pocket knife does NOT have a spring. The bend in the body of the knife is the "spring." The blade does NOT have a half stop. The blade does NOT have an opening snap. The blade does NOT have a closing snap. The can opener (it resembles a P38 can opener), does function as intended. The bail also serves as a "lock" to keep the can opener closed. This is my second pocket knife, although shorter, that is this particular pattern or style. My other pocket knife, in this particular pattern or style, was previously posted under this topic or thread. The other examples of this particular pattern or style of pocket knife that I found online, were described as being WW2, Japanese soldier, pocket knives. Overall, this pocket knife is in VERY GOOD condition. This pocket knife did NOT need any cleaning.
I just wiped it off. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

[1967redrider]

Your post office produces the coolest knives.

[New_Windsor_NY]

Your.....

Thank you, John.

[CarMan]

This morning, my trip to the post office produced this pocket knife. It now becomes my second example to be posted under this topic or thread. It also becomes my latest example to be added to my general, "foreign born", pocket knife accumulation. It is an UNKNOWN (to me), one blade, one tool (a can opener), 2 3/4" closed (not including the bail), all metal, pocket knife. I can NOT find any remains of etches, marks, or stamps anywhere on this pocket knife. I am however, 99.999% positive that this pocket knife is Japanese in origin. The main handle side says nothing, it is blank. The other handle side says nothing, it is blank. Both handle sides have markings, but I do NOT know if they are the remains of "writing" or they are just cosmetic blemishes. This pocket knife does NOT have a spring. The bend in the body of the knife is the "spring." The blade does NOT have a half stop. The blade does NOT have an opening snap. The blade does NOT have a closing snap. The can opener (it resembles a P38 can opener), does function as intended. The bail also serves as a "lock" to keep the can opener closed. This is my second pocket knife, although shorter, that is this particular pattern or style. My other pocket knife, in this particular pattern or style, was previously posted under this topic or thread. The other examples of this particular pattern or style of pocket knife that I found online, were described as being WW2, Japanese soldier, pocket knives. Overall, this pocket knife is in VERY GOOD condition. This pocket knife did NOT need any cleaning.
I just wiped it off. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

I haven’t dabbled in foreign military knives yet (do to a complete lack of knowledge), but this is very cool. Nice knife

[New_Windsor_NY]

I.....

Thank you, CarMan.

[doglegg]

This morning, my trip to the post office produced this pocket knife. It now becomes my second example to be posted under this topic or thread. It also becomes my latest example to be added to my general, "foreign born", pocket knife accumulation. It is an UNKNOWN (to me), one blade, one tool (a can opener), 2 3/4" closed (not including the bail), all metal, pocket knife. I can NOT find any remains of etches, marks, or stamps anywhere on this pocket knife. I am however, 99.999% positive that this pocket knife is Japanese in origin. The main handle side says nothing, it is blank. The other handle side says nothing, it is blank. Both handle sides have markings, but I do NOT know if they are the remains of "writing" or they are just cosmetic blemishes. This pocket knife does NOT have a spring. The bend in the body of the knife is the "spring." The blade does NOT have a half stop. The blade does NOT have an opening snap. The blade does NOT have a closing snap. The can opener (it resembles a P38 can opener), does function as intended. The bail also serves as a "lock" to keep the can opener closed. This is my second pocket knife, although shorter, that is this particular pattern or style. My other pocket knife, in this particular pattern or style, was previously posted under this topic or thread. The other examples of this particular pattern or style of pocket knife that I found online, were described as being WW2, Japanese soldier, pocket knives. Overall, this pocket knife is in VERY GOOD condition. This pocket knife did NOT need any cleaning.
I just wiped it off. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

Cool that you got the 2 sizes.

[New_Windsor_NY]

Cool.....

Thank you, Floyd.