Original 17th Century Edo Period Japanese Naginata Polearm with Handmade Blade and Scabbard - 9 ft. Long French Machine Guns Vasey's plan was for the

Vasey's plan was for the Americans to fix the Japanese in position while he attacked with Brigadier George Wootten's 18th Infantry Brigade

The leather is still supple without cracking or damage

It's disc-shaped steel ferrule is embedded within the grip's housing

though the action is worn and definitely has some slop in the mechanics

we cannot see who the maker was

Original 17th Century Edo Period Japanese Naginata Polearm with Handmade Blade and Scabbard - 9 ft. Long French Machine Guns Vasey's plan was for theOriginal Item: Only One Available. The naginata (, ) is a pole weapon and one of several varieties of traditionally made Japanese blades (nihont). Naginata were originally used by the samurai class of feudal Japan, as well as by ashigaru (foot soldiers) and shei (warrior monks). The naginata is the iconic weapon of the onna bugeisha, a type of female warrior belonging to the Japanese nobility. Naginata for fighting men and warrior monks were naginata.