Original 17th Century Japanese Naginata Polearm Blade by KATSUKUNI in Resting Handle with Textured Scabbard Category_MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets Below this it is marked

Below this it is marked with various areas in and around Leningrad

The CAST-STEEL 1864 marking in front of the sight is present but mis-struck as they usually were

It is all brass mounted

The attached embroidered sleeve measures about 26 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches

Original 17th Century Japanese Naginata Polearm Blade by KATSUKUNI in Resting Handle with Textured Scabbard Category_MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets Below this it is markedOriginal 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.