Original Japanese Tanto Short Sword with Tokugawa Marked Scabbard - Ancient Handmade Blade Original Machine Guns ornate gilt stirrup style guard

ornate gilt stirrup style guard and a camel's head pommel

Complete with hooks to attach to pistol belt

Nice dark patina finish with a smooth straight walnut stock and an iron buttplate

Expressly developed for Jungle warfare against the Japanese

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Original Japanese Tanto Short Sword with Tokugawa Marked Scabbard - Ancient Handmade Blade Original Machine Guns ornate gilt stirrup style guardOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased from a collector in Europe, this is a truly interesting Japanese short sword. The shape of the blade is more characteristic of a Tanto dagger, but the spine is curved like a Katana or Wakizashi. Also, the blade length, at 15 inches, is longer than the 1 shaku typical of the Tanto style dagger, so the classification of this sword is not entirely clear. The blade is old, we are told ancient, due to a few tell