Original 18th Century Japanese Edo Period Handmade Tanto Short Sword with Lacquered Scabbard Sharps Rifle This example thankfully has kept

This example thankfully has kept its original wooden grips which are in very good condition

sharpshooter or first-class gunner

manufacturing 49 of them in the span of eighteen months

in Zella-Mehlis

Original 18th Century Japanese Edo Period Handmade Tanto Short Sword with Lacquered Scabbard Sharps Rifle This example thankfully has keptOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased at a recent military show, this is a very nice Japanese Tanto (), which literally translates to "short sword". These could be in any number of different shapes, depending on the requests of the person who ordered it. The blade length of a tanto is typically between 15 and 30 cm (5. 9 to 11. 8 inches), or 1 Japanese shaku, an ancient measurement. The blade of this example is in the typical Hira Zukuri ( flat