Original 18th Century Edo Period Japanese Handmade Ō-Wakizashi Short Sword with Textured Lacquer Scabbard & Sageo Sword Cord U.S. Grenades This looks to be an

This looks to be an early example made

This came from the collection of a seasoned Airborne collector

and we expect that it was made in the 1970s or 1980s

Leather is sadly not as resilient as wood and steel

even includes the male snap ends for mounting on aircraft fuselage

Original 18th Century Edo Period Japanese Handmade Ō-Wakizashi Short Sword with Textured Lacquer Scabbard & Sageo Sword Cord U.S. Grenades This looks to be anOriginal 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 great example dates from the Edo