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Help with odd WW2 bring back wakizashi


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I picked up a wakizashi brought back from WW2 or at least I think it's a wakizashi it's really curved. Maybe the head off a pole weapon turned into a wakizashi? It's odd to me because of the server curvature also with a 22" blade it's pretty big for a wakizashi. Can anyone tell me anything about it, specifically what it says on the tang and why it's so curved? 

 

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Very interesting appearance, and, I agree: at 22", its a larger wakizashi.  The sori is pretty deep, almost similar to a naginata, but the rest of the construction doesn't suggest that.

 

The tang looks pretty old with that corrosion.  Sorry I can't help with the translation.

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