Original 18th Century Edo Period Japanese Handmade Ō-Wakizashi Short Sword with Lacquered Scabbard, Kogatana Knife, and Sageo Cord Antique Cartridge Firearms This Model 1887 scabbard is

This Model 1887 scabbard is nicely marked Rock Island Arsenal

The size tag still remains on the jacket and it reads 36L

with just a bit of oxidation and wear to the plating

It shows just a bit of bending and denting to the exterior

while commanded by Captain Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton

Original 18th Century Edo Period Japanese Handmade Ō-Wakizashi Short Sword with Lacquered Scabbard, Kogatana Knife, and Sageo Cord Antique Cartridge Firearms This Model 1887 scabbard isOriginal 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 great example acquired at a