Albert: No scabbard unfortunatly. The blade measures 19 inches, the handle
5 inches. The handle appears to be the normal hemp wrap with the black
lacquer cover or whatever it is that they used. The feather pattern is also
the deepest that iv'e ever seen. I simply can't figure out how it was done.
Was it etched, or was it pattern-welded. If one looks closely at the edges
of the blade by the gangya, where the deep part of the pattern ends there
are little strands of what appears to be nickle. Can anyone shed any light
on just how they did these twist-core patterns. Some look etched, some
look like they used nickel, and some look like a combination of the two....Dave
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