A late 19th century Japanese tanto with curved single-edged blade, blade length 36cm, the tang unsigned, simple tape-bound grip with steel menuki fittings and bronze kashira pommel, with lacquer-decorated scabbard (lacking bi-knife, losses, repairs and restoration), together with a similar tanto, blade length 30cm, the tang unsigned, with circular pierced tsuba, fish-skin grip and decorated bronze fitting (lacking bi-knife, losses, repairs and restoration).