Original Japanese 17th Century Handmade Wakizashi Sword by SADATSUGU with Scabbard Category_Snider Rifle Accessories The trigger guard has correct

The trigger guard has correct "ball" front for naval long arms and the brass butt plate is the plain "folded over" style secured by three screws

Obsoleted in 1931 most were officially destroyed during the scrap metal drives of WW2

Features a heavily wood carved hilt indicating that is originated from the Island of Madura just off the northeastern coast of Java

Here is an impressive set of stone bookends made from some of this old stonework

sharply pointed blade

Original Japanese 17th Century Handmade Wakizashi Sword by SADATSUGU with Scabbard Category_Snider Rifle Accessories The trigger guard has correctOriginal Item: Only One Available. Wakizashi ( "companion sword") is a general term for a sword 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 wonderful example is finely signed on the tang , which is