Victorian Era Japanese Tourist Export Wakizashi Short Sword With Ornately Hand Carved Ox Bone Handle & Scabbard With Original Plaited Silk Hanging Cord. Sn 23304 Sword

Victorian Era Japanese Tourist Export Wakizashi Short Sword With Ornately Hand Carved Ox Bone Handle & Scabbard With Original Plaited Silk Hanging Cord. Sn 23304 - 23304

The Wakizashi is a traditional short sword carried as a companion to a Katana (see page 11 of Military Swords Of Japan by Fuller & Gregory). This is an excellent original late 19th Century Japanese Wakizashi Sword With Beautiful Carved Ox Bone Handle & Scabbard no doubt a Tourist export piece. The sword has a sharp 15 ½” single edged blade and measures 25” overall length (30 ½” 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 2 holed bone pegs fitted with original plaited silk hanging cord. The price for this hand crafted Japanese piece includes UK delivery. Sn 23304

£345.00