Original 18th Century Edo Period Japanese Handmade Heavy Blade Ō-Wakizashi Short Sword with Textured Scabbard & Sageo Cord German SS the long pattern is available

the long pattern is available separately

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Original 18th Century Edo Period Japanese Handmade Heavy Blade Ō-Wakizashi Short Sword with Textured Scabbard & Sageo Cord German SS the long pattern is availableOriginal Item: Only One Available. Wakizashi ( "side inserted companion sword") is a general term for a sword with an edge between one and two shaku long (30 cm and 60 cm), predominantly made after 1600. Generally it is the short blade that accompanies a katana in the traditional samurai daisho pairing of swords, but may be worn by classes other than the samurai as a single blade, also worn edge up as the katana. This great example dates from the Edo