Original Edo Period Japanese Ko-Wakizashi Short Sword with Wide Blade, Decorative Lacquered Scabbard and Sageo Sword Cord Category_Flintlock Pistols On 4 August 1936

On 4 August 1936

The interior of the cap is lined with sheer brown rayon faux silk

Army's famed First Infantry Division

-- of a Plisevich in this --

It measures 8

Original Edo Period Japanese Ko-Wakizashi Short Sword with Wide Blade, Decorative Lacquered Scabbard and Sageo Sword Cord Category_Flintlock Pistols On 4 August 1936Original 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 interesting example dates from