Day 2 of deer season. 6 hours yesterday, 6 hours today. Aint seen jack shit. I’ll do it tomorrow too. Why tho? Its so boring. Its so DULL… yet there’s a piece of magic in it.
Day 2 of deer season. 6 hours yesterday, 6 hours today. Aint seen jack shit. I’ll do it tomorrow too. Why tho? Its so boring. Its so DULL… yet there’s a piece of magic in it.
How’s the Chrysanthemum, cut or uncut?
Who made it? (The mark to the left of the chrysanthemum.)
Just curious!
The Chrysanthemum was filed off before surrender to the US military. The manufacturer marking is Toyo Kogyo. This is a mid-war model. 1942. So, it still has a good build quality before all hell broke loose and they started making these things as fast and as cheap as they could in the mid-40’s.
It still has the flip-up sights but lacks the airplane sights that flip out from that. After all these years, its still so accurate. Granted, it was only fired a few times before I got it. I still have the original bill of sale in my possession.
Ahh too bad about the chrysanthemum but nice stick either way!
I’d be interested in buying an early-war short barrel version with all the artistic flame it had to it one day. Especially, the kind with the milled Chrysanthemum on the back of the bolt safety. That aspect was long gone by the time my rifle was made. For being such an effective instrument of war for their time, they sure made them pretty especially at the beginning.