SOLD - Rare, Excellent Baby Nambu

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.