Edged Weapons - Swords

Victorian British Customs Officer's Briar Wood Rummage Sword Stick By Mole Birmingham. ED 2190 - ED 2190
Victorian Customs Officer's carried sword sticks not only for self defence against smugglers but also to rummage & test bales and other consignments for hidden contraband. This is a very good, original, Victorian era Customs Officer's sword stick. Made of briar, it is 36 ¾” overall in its scabbard. The heavy duty square blade is 29 ½” in length tapering to a sharp point. The blade is undamaged with just staining consistent with age and is stamped by the prestigious blade maker 'Mole, Birm' (Birmingham). The handle has a brass ferrule. The blade fits snugly into its scabbard which has a brass ferrule at the throat and brass tip cap. The price for this sturdy Victorian Sword stick includes UK delivery. ED 2190
£475.00

A ‘Namban’ Style Iron Tsuba for a ‘Tanto’ (Dagger). ED 2699. - ED 2699
Namban means foreigner in Japanese. This Tsuba is made from very hard iron. These were made in various locations from the 16th & 17th Centuries. Nagasaki, Kyoto and Hizen. They were also made in trading enclaves off the coast of China in the 17th Century. This Tsuba looks to be late ‘Edo’ 1780 into the 19th Century. With ‘Tsukashi ‘piercings of dragons and ‘Tama’. In very good condition, the price includes UK delivery. ED 2699.
£175.00

*High Quality* Large ‘Katana’ Size After ‘Waki-Goto’ Style Iron Tsuba. ED 2698. - ED 2698
A Large ‘Katana’ Size After ‘Waki-Goto’ Style late ‘Edo’ into the 19th Century period Iron Tsuba(A tsuba is a sword guard and part of a sword mounting. It is mounted between the sword's blade and grip to protect the user's hands). With a lovely black patina of plumb blossom, in very good condition with workmanship of very high quality. ‘Goto School Working’ of the 16th Century into the 19th Century. The price includes UK delivery. ED 2698.
£250.00

A ‘Meta Zashi’ style ‘Tanto Dagger’ Tsuba in Iron. ED 2697. - ED 2697
A ‘Tanto Dagger’ Tsuba (A tsuba is a sword guard and part of a sword mounting. It is mounted between the sword's blade and grip to protect the user's hands) made from iron depicting a boatman and wild geese or ducks. It has a lovely wet look to the iron with good patination. This is possibly ‘Aizu Shoami’ work from the early 19th Century or slightly earlier. The open ‘Hitsu’ identifies this as a ‘Meta Zashi’ style Tsuba. The price includes UK delivery. ED 2697.
£175.00

20th Century Brass Replica ‘Choso Guard’ Tsuba. ED 2696. - ED 2696
A decorative brass ‘Tsuba’ (A tsuba is a sword guard and part of a sword mounting. It is mounted between the sword's blade and grip to protect the user's hands) replicating ‘Choso Guard’. Measuring 6 ½ cm long and 6 ¾ cm wide the ‘Nakago Ana’ measures 26mm x 7.5mm at its widest point. In the shape of regal bird, possibly a peacock. This Tsuba adorns a blade very nicely. The price includes UK delivery. ED 2696.
£75.00

Small ‘Katana’ sized Iron ‘Tsuba’ in a rounded Square Shape. ED 2694. - ED 2694
A nice small Iron ‘Katana Tsuba’ (A tsuba is a sword guard and part of a sword mounting. It is mounted between the sword's blade and grip to protect the user's hands) in a rounded square shape with a flat plate rounded rim (5mm) thick. There is a depiction of a Goose in flight to the surface. It has a lovely black iron look and appears to be early 19th Century age into ‘Meiji’ period, possibly ‘Nara school work’. The price includes UK delivery. ED 2694.
£250.00

Large/Heavy/Thick ‘Katana Tsuba’in Patinated Copper. ED 2693. - ED 2693
A very large, heavy and thick late 20th Century possibly Chinese ‘Katana Tsuba’ (A tsuba is a sword guard and part of a sword mounting. It is mounted between the sword's blade and grip to protect the user's hands) depicting a toad in a river bed facing a figure of a man. The price includes UK postage. ED 2693.
£75.00

Rounded Square Shaped ‘Katana Tsuba’ in Iron. ED 2692. - ED 2692
A Katana Tsuba (A tsuba is a sword guard and part of a sword mounting. It is mounted between the sword's blade and grip to protect the user's hands) in iron with a lovely dark patina and colour with a slightly hammered and rounded rim. The tsuba depicts a bamboo grove in the rain with brass inlays. It has been mounted on a sword but is in excellent condition. This example has been dated to between the 1780’s & 1850’s and looks to be ‘Aizushoami’ work (unsigned). The price includes UK delivery. ED 2692.
£245.00

**BLADE NUMBERED ON SIDE**WW2 Japanese NCO's Type 95 Katana By The Lijima Swords Factory With Kokura Arsenal Mark, Original Leather Cord With Barrel Knot And Scabbard With Part Of Its Original leather Field Combat Cover. Sn 20332 - 20332
This is an original WW2 Japanese NCO's Katana With cord, barrel knot and scabbard With partial field combat cover. The sword has the typical brown painted aluminium cast handle with lanyard ring and fully functioning scabbard retaining clip. The handle retains traces of its original colour. Its fullered, 27 ¼” blade is clean and has storage grease. The side of the blade is crisply stamped '17535' and with inspection mark. The hilt is stamped with Kokura (4 combined cannonballs) Arsenal mark and the Lijima Swords Factory roundel with crossed swords mark and inspection mark (see page 185 of Swords Of Imperial Japan by Dawson). The lanyard ring is fitted with original leather cord with barrel knot in good condition with all leather and stitching intact. It is complete with its original scabbard which has a single hanging ring. The throat of the scabbard is stamped with number ‘105902’. The scabbard has part of its original brown leather field combat cover. The cover’s lower lection is absent as its original cord which would lace the throat. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 20332
£1,200.00

SOLD SOLD (17/09) WW1 Era, British 1912 Pattern Army & Navy Cooperative Society London Officer's Cavalry Sword With Plated Hilt Etched Blade, Kings Crown Royal Cypher Blade Number 02374 & Plated Scabbard. Sn 20242 - 20242
This is an original WW1 era, British Officer's 1912 pattern Sword & Scabbard. The sword has a 35 ½” single edged blade with fuller (43" overall). The blade has just light areas of staining consistent with age and is etched with Royal Cypher, Crown 'GR' (George Rex) & foliate decorative panels on both sides. The spine of the blade is numbered ‘02374’ which may assist to date the manufacture / commission of this sword. The ricasso is marked with ordnance quality star and inlaid proof roundel on one side and the reverse ‘Army & Navy Cooperative Society 106 Victoria St London SW’. The blade is also fitted with original leather hilt washer. The full knuckle guard is decorated with a foliate design and it has a stepped ornate pommel. Its shagreen grip with wire binding is in superb condition. The sword is complete with its plated steel scabbard. The scabbard has no dents and 2 hanging rings. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 20242
£0.00

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