Original 18th Century Edo Period Japanese Handmade Ō-Wakizashi Short Sword with Textured Lacquer Scabbard U.S. Holsters The actual kit was manufactured

The actual kit was manufactured by Henry Disston & Sons out of Philadelphia

so we leave this as a great research project for the purchaser of this helmet

FREE stamped in black

It has no bayonet catch at all

the men of the 187th would become dual qualified

Original 18th Century Edo Period Japanese Handmade Ō-Wakizashi Short Sword with Textured Lacquer Scabbard U.S. Holsters The actual kit was manufacturedOriginal Item: Only One Available. Wakizashi ( "side inserted companion sword") is a general term for a sword with an edge between one and two shaku long (30 cm and 60 cm), predominantly made after 1600. Generally it is the short blade that accompanies a katana in the traditional samurai daisho pairing of swords, but may be worn by classes other than the samurai as a single blade, also worn edge up as the katana. This great example dates from the Edo