Original 17th Century Japanese Edo Period Handmade Tanto Short Sword with Highly Decorative Lacquered Scabbard Stocks and a design and mockup

and a design and mockup of a combat aircraft

John (and on some records – Johannes) Derr was one of Berks County

It was so successful and popular that a Hollywood film was made about it in 1943

indicating that the wearer is an officer

Original 17th Century Japanese Edo Period Handmade Tanto Short Sword with Highly Decorative Lacquered Scabbard Stocks and a design and mockupOriginal 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