Original Edo Period Japanese Handmade Wakizashi Short Sword in Handachi Mountings with Lacquered Scabbard German Flags 22 March 1939)

22 March 1939)

with only a few tiny scuff marks

but the bugle is still playable if you know how to blow it

Early in the operation

Original Edo Period Japanese Handmade Wakizashi Short Sword in Handachi Mountings with Lacquered Scabbard German Flags 22 March 1939)Original 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 example dates from the Edo period