Original Japanese WWII Tanto Short Sword Made From Broken Katana Blade in Resting Scabbard Ancient The leather belt loops on

The leather belt loops on the back of the pouches are well marked with the maker

and leadership skills

though it is quite dark from wear and oils

The match safe measures approximately 2 1/4" x 1 3/8" x 3/8"

and the user needs to manually extract spent casings with an ejector rod

Original Japanese WWII Tanto Short Sword Made From Broken Katana Blade in Resting Scabbard Ancient The leather belt loops onOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased at a recent military show, this is a very nice Japanese Tanto (), which literally means short sword. These could be in any number of different shapes, depending on the requests of the person who ordered it. The blade length of a tanto is typically between 15 and 30 cm (5. 9 to 11. 8 inches), or 1 Japanese shaku, an ancient measurement. This example looks to have been made using a broken blade from a WWII