Original WWII Japanese Handmade Katana Samurai Sword by SUKENOBU with Painted Scabbard Gahendra Martini Rifles & Parts individual storage pockets for seven

individual storage pockets for seven pens

This katana is still in its storage mount (shirasaya) or "resting scabbard"

used from 1917 and during the 1920s

We have not tested it for function but can see no reason why it would not work

where Queen Victoria invested 62 of the 111 Crimean recipients in a ceremony in Hyde Park

Original WWII Japanese Handmade Katana Samurai Sword by SUKENOBU with Painted Scabbard Gahendra Martini Rifles & Parts individual storage pockets for sevenOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased directly from a WW2 USMC veteran's family this is a wonderful condition Japanese katana. The blade is genuine to a few tell tale characteristics that include: Single hole tang. Tang is signed by the maker! One side is engraved with a MEI (name) the other is painted with a matching number Holes in tang is drilled, consistent with early 20th century manufacture. Folded steel blade (fold lines are evident on