Original 17th Century Edo Period Japanese Perforated Round Iron Tsuba Cross Guard - MARU GATA Shape Category_Spade Grip Assembly The wood stock is in

The wood stock is in excellent condition

the last use of cutlasses by the Royal Navy was by a shore party in China in 1900

A fantastic example of a British WWII propaganda poster

related to the gasses that would escape from the breech when firing

Original 17th Century Edo Period Japanese Perforated Round Iron Tsuba Cross Guard - MARU GATA Shape Category_Spade Grip Assembly The wood stock is inOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely Japanese TSUBA ( cross guard) dating from the early EDO Period (, Edo jidai) or Tokugawa period (, Tokugawa jidai) of Japanese history. This is the period between 1603 and 1867, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyo. During this time NIHONT ( Japanese swords) were in wide use, and came in a variety of shapes and sizes. This TSUBA is of the MARU