Original 18th Century Edo Period Japanese Handmade Wakizashi Short Sword by NAOSADA with Kogatana Knife and Scabbard Japanese Holsters The bakelite / plastic grip

The bakelite / plastic grip panels are retained by aluminum rivets

Standard features included a fluted cylinder

Serial number 10033 in Winchester

produced by the renowned Solingen-based firm of Weyersberg Kirschbaum & Co

though the wheels are frozen and do not move

Original 18th Century Edo Period Japanese Handmade Wakizashi Short Sword by NAOSADA with Kogatana Knife and Scabbard Japanese Holsters The bakelite / plastic gripOriginal 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. Here we have a wonderful example in