Japanese Army commissioned officers Shin-Guntō,98 Type

In 1937, the China incident broke out and Japan became war emergency organization. The officer's dress system was revised and full dress was stopped in following 1938. In connection with this, the mounting of the formality Guntō which abolished Type 94 Guntō's second suspension mount was enacted in May, 1938. This is the 1938 establishment army formality Guntō (commonname Type 98 Guntō). Substance is not different from Type 94 Guntō.

Blade: The early blade had many full-scale forging swords. However, supply does not catch up with demand but the military special blade of mass production came to get a majority.

Mounting: The grace of a mounting has four kinds, the first class, the second class, the third class, and informality. The scabbard changed with iron, aluminum, and a leather cover wooden scabbard. As a custom-made item, there is a rayskin binding or a Japanese lacquered wooden scabbard, and the kind of scabbard continued variably.
Therefore, these selections were determined as the officer's funds and the conditions of a country. Rushing into Greater East Asia War, quality deteriorated extremely by the serious shortage of goods which transcends the grace of these mounting. The quality of the Type 98 Guntō had a very big gap. After the Type 3 Guntō establishment in 1943 was continued and manufactured.
The Type 98 is minor change which abolished the second Suspension mount (Haikan) of the Type 94.