Original 18th Century Edo Period Japanese Handmade Wakizashi Short Sword by MUNEHISA with Lacquered Scabbard Category_Lock Assembly The reverse panel is decorated

The reverse panel is decorated with small pebbling and still has a portion of the original factory blackening

or in a damp location

As for values

and still unscrews properly from the shaft

Werndl later bought out all the rights

Original 18th Century Edo Period Japanese Handmade Wakizashi Short Sword by MUNEHISA with Lacquered Scabbard Category_Lock Assembly The reverse panel is decoratedOriginal 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 example dates from the Edo period