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In addition to german bayonets, I also collect japanese bayonets.   For the longest time I hoped for landing a copy of Larry Johnson’s Japanese Bayonets as this was the only definitive & comprehensive book covering japanese bayonets in depth.  Well, I never did acquire this book, however, imagine my excitement to learn of a brand new book, Bayonets of Japan written by fellow Bayonet Collectors Network member Raymond C. LaBar.  Ray has used his experience & knowledge as a bayonet collector into creating Bayonets of Japan and I am greatly looking forward to the day it arrives so I can absorb all the information and wonderful photographs of japanese bayonets.   Everyone I have seen that has a copy has given it the highest regards & I feel that this book just may become the definitive source on Japanese Bayonets.

  Larry Johnson’s Japanese Bayonets has been long out of print & is quite scarce.  When copies do turn up they are quite expensive, so do not hesitate & do purchase Bayonets of Japan before the limited number of copies sell out.  At the time of this posting, there were 600 copies left, so order now.      As soon as I read it, I will provide more details as well as a written review.   Just looking at the sample pages on Ray’s website at BayonetsOfJapan.com is enough to leave me giddy with excitement awaiting the day I will sit down & read it from cover to cover..