These bayonets were produced along with Mid-War 7.7 mm. Mid-War Type 30 bayonet with highly polished, blued, fullered blade straight crosspiece, contoured wraparound grips, fastened with rivets and, flat birds-head pommel.
Ricasso: Figure-eight inside a circle (Nagoya Arsenal mark) and diamond with a rectangle inside (Toyoda Automatic Loom Works mark) In 1937, the automobile department became a separate company which grew into what is known today as Toyota Motor Sales. Toyoda Automatic Loom Works began producing automobiles in 1933. The scabbard is a later pattern with tubular end (instead of a ball tip).
This is an early example with a highly polished, fullered blade hooked quillon, contoured grips fastened with screws set in escutcheons and, a contoured birds-head pommel. A 3rd style is found on wartime examples with a rectangular Kanji (no point). The earliest 42nd series examples have the Kanji pointing upward. The maker’s mark on this example is of the 2nd style, with the Kanji inside the diamond pointing downward. This example is from the 46th series, the 2nd series produced by the Toyoda Jido Shokki Seisakusho (Toyoda Automatic Loom Works), under Nagoya Army Arsenal supervision. Type 30 rifle, whose designation this bayonet shares. This Japanese bayonet also fits on the older 6.5 mm.
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