Original 18th Century Japanese Edo Period Handmade Tanto Short Sword with Copper Decorated Lacquered Fittings Category_MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly and plaques such as this

and plaques such as this

The knife is wired to the board

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Original 18th Century Japanese Edo Period Handmade Tanto Short Sword with Copper Decorated Lacquered Fittings Category_MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly and plaques such as thisOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased at a recent military show, this is a very nice Japanese Tanto (), which literally means short sword. These could be in any number of different shapes, depending on the requests of the person who ordered it. The blade length of a tanto is typically between 15 and 30 cm (5. 9 to 11. 8 inches), or 1 Japanese shaku, an ancient measurement. The blade of this example is in the typical Hira Zukuri ( flat shape),