{"id":474,"date":"2012-01-18T14:46:43","date_gmt":"2012-01-18T19:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/?p=474"},"modified":"2014-07-04T16:55:38","modified_gmt":"2014-07-04T20:55:38","slug":"wakizashi-mrs-in-ct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/?p=474","title":{"rendered":"Wakizashi – WWII Vet bring back"},"content":{"rendered":"

This sword was mounted in WWII mounts and under the leather cover is the original black saya. It now has a black silk wrapped handle and Edo style tsuba. The blade is a cut down tachi or katana, shortened about 6 inches and has a nice wavey hamon with nie and sunagashi, etc. The blade is now 19 & 3\/8 inches along the cutting edge. It came from a veterans widow, Gwen McVaney from Southington, Ct. with a Japanese\u00a0 “meatball” flag with a prayer and hope for victory inscribed on it by the sword’s owner.<\/p>\n

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