Tachi or court sword, with curved pointed tempered single-edged steel blade, a ray skin hilt bound w
Tachi or court sword, with curved pointed tempered single-edged steel blade, a ray skin hilt bound with silk cords, two gilt menuki, and a tsuba of dark alloy, and a scabbard of wood decorated with a dragon on nashiji lacquer with dark alloy mounts and flat silk suspension cords: Japan, 17th century.from The National Museum of Scotland -- source link
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