Original 17th Century Edo Period Japanese Naginata Polearm with Handmade Blade and Scabbard - 9 ft. Long French Machine Guns but also shows wear

but also shows wear

It's disc-shaped steel ferrule is embedded within the grip's housing

completely honest

and has a lovely black leather visor to the front

we cannot see who the maker was

Original 17th Century Edo Period Japanese Naginata Polearm with Handmade Blade and Scabbard - 9 ft. Long French Machine Guns but also shows wearOriginal 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.