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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Soki, post: 9416225, member: 79556&quot;]Sorry!!! You‘re right! The direction is correct, because the sword is viewed upside down. It’s a scabbard missing the ivory cap, which probably loosened over the years and wasn’t reglued and then got lost/separated from the rest. It was stated as hilt to me, but it’s indeed the scabbard. So it’s not from a short sword, rather from a dagger/knife or kaiken? <a href="https://www.geishasblade.com/shop/tanto/kaiken/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.geishasblade.com/shop/tanto/kaiken/" rel="nofollow">https://www.geishasblade.com/shop/tanto/kaiken/</a></p><p>Thanks! That’s great to know. Makes it even more sad, though.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to my research this scenerio seems possible:</p><p><a href="https://medium.com/exploring-history/why-the-us-was-flooded-with-samurai-swords-after-wwii-c0e821d74569" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://medium.com/exploring-history/why-the-us-was-flooded-with-samurai-swords-after-wwii-c0e821d74569" rel="nofollow">https://medium.com/exploring-history/why-the-us-was-flooded-with-samurai-swords-after-wwii-c0e821d74569</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe a previous owner took only the scabbard and the knife was taken?</p><p>That’s the cool thing about collecting antiques, the story behind every piece<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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