It's actually a rifle bayonet.
A WWII Japanese Imperial Arisaka Type 30 Model with a hooked quillon, used from 1897 to 1945. It has a serial number but I haven't found a way to look that up for a more accurate date.
About $100-150 value.
Gotta love the internet, eh? :D
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WOW I have the exact same "sword" its actually a bayonett (however you spell that) but what a coiecedence!!! I luv mine but I think it has a funny metal smell to it like a build up of somthing on it does yours have that?
Posted by kaitlyn | February 15, 2010 10:39 PM
Posted on February 15, 2010 22:39