Original Japanese Edo Period Tanto Short Sword with Traditional Handmade Blade & Lacquered Scabbard NATION 1943 edition of the "The

1943 edition of the "The Bayonet" from Fort Benning

following the Cardwell-Childers Reforms

Silver scallop shell guard protecting a flintlock pistol mechanism with the trigger extending down in front of the lower cross guard for easy access

21 March 1958 and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet

recruiting English-speaking prostitutes from Hong Kong who fled to the inland of China to escape the Japanese

Original Japanese Edo Period Tanto Short Sword with Traditional Handmade Blade & Lacquered Scabbard NATION 1943 edition of the "TheOriginal 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 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" shape, which