Original Edo Period Japanese Handmade Wakizashi Short Sword in Handachi Mountings with Lacquered Scabbard Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets Size 64 is a nice

Size 64 is a nice large size that can accommodate liners from 56cm to 58cm or US 7 to 7 1/4

Everything appears to be in very good condition

Supplier to the British Fire Service on a "when available" basis

Kansas and organized on 21 September 1866

Featured on the right side is a ruptured duck patch and a Presidential Unit Citation

Original Edo Period Japanese Handmade Wakizashi Short Sword in Handachi Mountings with Lacquered Scabbard Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets Size 64 is a niceOriginal 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 example dates from the Edo period