As this is one of my all time favorite swords within these pages so I wanted to bring these two threads together.
In the below link, Tatyana notes in post #3 reference to this sword being discussed.
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...den+armoury%27
Post #4 shows more detail of the sword and its Japanese scabbard and the others of a type are shown in post #3.
Gavin