Victorian Era Japanese Tourist Export Tanto Dagger With Ornately Hand Carved Ox Bone Handle & Scabbard. Sn 23362 Dagger

Victorian Era Japanese Tourist Export Tanto Dagger With Ornately Hand Carved Ox Bone Handle & Scabbard. Sn 23362 - 23362

This is an excellent original late 19th Century Japanese Tanto With Beautiful Carved Ox Bone Handle & Scabbard no doubt a Tourist export piece. The Tanto has a sharp 5 ½” single edged blade and measures 8 ¾” overall length (9 ¾” in its scabbard). The blade has no damage and just areas of staining consistent with age. Its handle and scabbard made of the bone from the shin of an Ox are ornately hand carved with attractive imagery of Japanese Noblemen & Monk characters dressed in traditional Japanese Costume. The bone has even aged patina. The scabbard has a holed bone peg for hanging cord. The price for this hand crafted Japanese piece includes UK delivery. Sn 23362 (in tanto box floor armoury)

£165.00