Original 18th Century Edo Period Japanese Handmade Ō-Wakizashi Short Sword by KANEYOSHI with Lacquered Wood Scabbard and Kogatana Knife Military Flare Guns Army aviator

Army aviator

The brown leather tab at the opposite end is maker-marked along with 115-130 indicating the size range of the belt

There are also some areas where the rust goes all the way through the shell

over the name WALTER S

was the legend of Gen

Original 18th Century Edo Period Japanese Handmade Ō-Wakizashi Short Sword by KANEYOSHI with Lacquered Wood Scabbard and Kogatana Knife Military Flare Guns Army aviatorOriginal 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. Here we have a lovely example, which