Japanese Bolo, with capture paper

alvin · 04-30-2010, 06:37 PM

Somehow, the Japanese oriented Broomhandle stories were all around Bolos. Maybe accidentally, maybe not.

James Brown's book "Imperial Japanese Handguns -- Studied Again" presented a rare long barrel prewar Bolo claimed being surrendered on famous battleship USS Missouri in 1945. I had an original salt blued postwar Bolo, the folklore said it was carried back by a U.S. Army Major served in occupied Japan, no paper though. This one is also a Bolo, claimed being captured from Japan as well. Historical period picture showing two IJN landing troopers fighting in Shanghai with Bolos in hands..... May all these inspired by that photo.... lots of myth.

04-30-2010, 06:37 PM	#8
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	Somehow, the Japanese oriented Broomhandle stories were all around Bolos. Maybe accidentally, maybe not. James Brown's book "Imperial Japanese Handguns -- Studied Again" presented a rare long barrel prewar Bolo claimed being surrendered on famous battleship USS Missouri in 1945. I had an original salt blued postwar Bolo, the folklore said it was carried back by a U.S. Army Major served in occupied Japan, no paper though. This one is also a Bolo, claimed being captured from Japan as well. Historical period picture showing two IJN landing troopers fighting in Shanghai with Bolos in hands..... May all these inspired by that photo.... lots of myth.