Original Japanese Edo Period O-Tanto Short Sword with Lacquered Scabbard - Handmade Blade Italian Flags B-26s and all that) boarded

B-26s and all that) boarded the boat

One used to see these occasionally in the 1950s and never expected to run into one again

Also included is a service shirt with laundry number 7976

all in Special Select condition

and were universally manufactured from plastic (or by special order and for generals - patent kid leather) instead of the painted cardboard/fiberboard used from 1917 into the 1970's

Original Japanese Edo Period O-Tanto Short Sword with Lacquered Scabbard - Handmade Blade Italian Flags B-26s and all that) boardedOriginal 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 is in the typical "Hira Zukuri" shape, which means it is a blade without a shinogi, or ridge typical of longer blades. With a blade 12 1 2" long, it is a bit longer than typical, so these are