These were appreciated by officers and under-officers of the Imperial Japanese Army (they had to buy the military sword and military uniform at their own expense as personal possessions) as blades they could get cheaply and use freely, and non-commissioned officers got them as government-furnished military swords (such as Type 95 Military Swords), and these swords were used in actual war.
これらは将校准士官（軍刀初め軍服(大日本帝国陸軍)は私物として自費購入であった）には安価で惜しげなく使える刀身として重宝され、下士官兵には官給軍刀（九五式軍刀等）として支給され、大量に実戦投入された。