Philippines remount wakizashi
length: 22 3/8"
What do you get when a Philippines smith gets hold of a nice solid captured
Japanese katana and decides that it would be much better as a brass handled
short sword? (That's a rhetorical question, you don't have to answer aloud).
Definetly one of the most interesting pieces I've seen come out of the
Philippines and WWII. The blade is quite solid and meaty, was an impressive
katana at one time. It's now been cut down from the business end on back,
and remounted into a heavy brass handgrip with integral curved quillons. Balance
point is 1" up from the crossguard, and this sucka just *flows* through cuts
and slices. Scabbard was likely the original for this blade, now also cut
down to match the length. Definete hamon line visible in some areas of the blade
edge.
blade: 16 7/8"
blade width: 1 1/16"
grip: 5 1/2"
guard: 2 1/2"
weight: 2 lbs
