Description
8/5/21 – This is an excellent Baby Nambu pistol that was manufactured at the Tokyo Arsenal in the 1910s, and still has the original, matching grips.The pistol has about 95-96% of the original blue, with a little bit of bluing loss on the left frame edge and muzzle, and a little more on the grip safety.There are also a few small patches of freckling/pitting.One on muzzle, on left frame edge and on the round portion of the right side of the frame.Excellent bore and grips.Scarce TG&E magazine which is mismatched number to the pistol of course.The Baby Nambu was developed as a personal weapon for high ranking Japanese officers and only about 6,500 were made in total.Considered by collectors to be one of the most beautiful handguns made in pre-war Japan, it featured ornamental knurling on the cocking knob and high quality “rust” blue, that rivaled European handguns of the era.
