Original 18th Century Edo Period Japanese Naginata Polearm with Handmade Blade and Scabbard - 85 5/8 Inches Long Category_MG 34 Mounts palm trees

palm trees

both cases are identical as shape and slots

weighing 250 pounds

They are A (CROWN) M marked for the British Air Ministry

Original 18th Century Edo Period Japanese Naginata Polearm with Handmade Blade and Scabbard - 85 5/8 Inches Long Category_MG 34 Mounts palm treesOriginal Item: Only One Available. The naginata (, ) is a pole weapon and one of several varieties of traditionally made Japanese blades (nihont). Naginata were originally used by the samurai class of feudal Japan, as well as by ashigaru (foot soldiers) and shei (warrior monks). The naginata is the iconic weapon of the onna bugeisha, a type of female warrior belonging to the Japanese nobility. Naginata for fighting men and warrior monks were naginata.