Original 17th Century Edo Period Japanese Naginata Polearm with Handmade Blade and Scabbard - 9 ft. Long French Machine Guns The leather is still supple

The leather is still supple without cracking or damage

and has a lovely black leather visor to the front

completely honest

Vasey's plan was for the Americans to fix the Japanese in position while he attacked with Brigadier George Wootten's 18th Infantry Brigade

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 The leather is still suppleOriginal 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.