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JAPANESE HELMET BREAKER HACHIWARI, EDO PERIOD - Fagan Arms
JAPANESE HELMET BREAKER HACHIWARI, EDO PERIOD - Fagan Arms
COLONIAL AMERICAN INFANTRY SWORD, C.1740-60 - Fagan Arms

Edo Period, before 1868. Iron, 18 ⅜” length with tapered curved diamond section blade with hooked base. Integral tang with mounting hole. Crisp with light gray patina. While universally described as helmet breakers, these evidently were used in the left hand to catch and parry an opponent’s blade.

Stock Number: B9986

Recently sold for$235.00