It is a KUBIKIRI or BOKUWARI or HANAKIRI (all different
names for same thing). See my
unusual tanto page for another example. This one is
unusually long; I suspect a bonsai or gardening
knife.
http://www.geocities.com/alchemyst/unji.htm
Rich S
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Richard Stein, PhD
alchemyst@yahoo.com
The Japanese Sword Index
http://www.geocities.com/alchemyst/nihonto.htm
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