Original Japanese Tanto Short Sword and Scabbard with Kogai and Sageo Cord - Ancient Handmade Blade U.S. Equipment This was recently sold off

This was recently sold off by a private collection in England

sword guard and shell cover enclosing a Queen Anne style cannon barreled flintlock pistol

A sizeable quantity went to the Pacific theatre of war

By the time of the conflict in the Sudan in the mid-1880s

It appears that the slightly longer cylinder was introduced by Forehand & Wadsworth for use with the more powerful Russian cartridge

Original Japanese Tanto Short Sword and Scabbard with Kogai and Sageo Cord - Ancient Handmade Blade U.S. Equipment This was recently sold offOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased from a collector in Europe, this is a very small tanto or short sword, but due to the 6. 5" blade length many would consider it to be a knife. Tanto could be any number of different shapes, depending on the requests of the person who ordered it. The blade is in the typical "Hira Zukuri" shape, which means it is a blade without a shinogi, or ridge typical of longer blades. It comes as a complete set with