Original 17th Century Japanese Naginata Polearm Blade by KATSUKUNI in Resting Handle with Textured Scabbard Category_MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets The attached embroidered sleeve measures

The attached embroidered sleeve measures about 26 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches

Below this it is marked with various areas in and around Leningrad

Also included is a steel field scabbard

It is all brass mounted

Original 17th Century Japanese Naginata Polearm Blade by KATSUKUNI in Resting Handle with Textured Scabbard Category_MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets The attached embroidered sleeve measuresOriginal Item: Only One Available. The naginata (, ) is a pole weapon and one of several varieties of traditionally made Japanese blades (nihont). Naginata were originally used by the samurai class of feudal Japan, as well as by ashigaru (foot soldiers) and shei (warrior monks). The naginata is the iconic weapon of the onna bugeisha, a type of female warrior belonging to the Japanese nobility. Naginata for fighting men and warrior monks were naginata.