Description
6/26/24 – This is a gorgeous Baby Nambu pistol that was manufactured at the Tokyo Arsenal in the 1910s, and still has the original, matching grips and magazine. The pistol has about 97% of the original blue, with minor oxidation visible on the left side of the gun, one area near the muzzle and one area along the slide. Mint bore and grips. 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 ÄúrustÄù blue, that rivaled European handguns of the era.
