Japanese Naval Dirk with Sakura Handle and Blossom Sheath

• Shagreen - Shagreen is the untanned smoothly pebbled textured skins of rays, sharks or dogfish. In finishing, it is dyed, mostly green, but the colour often fades to a cream colour. Shagreen was a popular material in Europe during the Art Deco era, when designers sought to mould the French tradition of luxury with exotic and precious materials. Most collectable items made from shagreen are smaller objects, like glasses cases, dagger and sword hilts, dressing accessories, boxes and picture frames.

This item has been included into following indexes:

• edged weapons, other - Scottish dirk and skean dhu 42
• edged weapons, swords - swords, Japanese military 108
• shagreen items 117