Step into the restoration of a rare bayonet and scabbard found deep in the forest with a metal detector. While the blade was well-preserved, the handle and scabbard were covered in years of rust from ...
The Nine Red Scabbards was the name of a group of samurai who served as retainers to the late Kozuki Oden. This posse consisted of a number of youths drawn to the daimyo, who aided him during his ...
The swords were sometimes lightly engraved or embossed but were mostly kept very simple. Warriors wore them on their right sides, and kept them in long scabbards (the scabbards were impressive too, as ...