Original Edo Period Japanese Handmade Wakizashi Short Sword in Handachi Mountings with Lacquered Scabbard German Flags 22 March 1939)

22 March 1939)

It is a fine Solingen-Produced example made by the well known firm Ernst Pack & Söhne of Solingen

ran into heavy action

Condition is not the best

17 Erdgelb-matt (matte earth yellow)

Original Edo Period Japanese Handmade Wakizashi Short Sword in Handachi Mountings with Lacquered Scabbard German Flags 22 March 1939)Original 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. This example dates from the Edo period