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4/22/21 – 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 99% of the original blue, with hardly any bluing loss to mention but there is oxidation in a few areas, and a patch of pitting on the barrel and another on the bottom of the back strap.Minty 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 “rust” blue, that rivaled European handguns of the era.
