Original Japanese Edo Period Tanto Short Sword with Traditional Handmade Blade & Decorative Lacquered Scabbard 21st Century with minimal dents and/or scratches

with minimal dents and/or scratches

Army officers

There are no markings that we can see on the blade

This is a nice used example

Also included is a complete Bell & Howell Company original manual

Original Japanese Edo Period Tanto Short Sword with Traditional Handmade Blade & Decorative Lacquered Scabbard 21st Century with minimal dents and/or scratchesOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased at a recent military show, this is a very nice Japanese Tanto (), which literally means short sword. These could be in any number of different shapes, depending on the requests of the person who ordered it. The blade length of a tanto is typically between 15 and 30 cm (5. 9 to 11. 8 inches), or 1 Japanese shaku, an ancient measurement. The blade of this example is in the typical "Hira Zukuri" shape, which