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Try putting a wire down inside the Saya to see how far it is cut out. I have seen long Saya with shorter blades that were cut out for that blade and as Gwyn  said they were made to “ look bigger”   Others were just repurposed from longer blades.

             MikeR

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19 hours ago, Moley said:

A "poser", pretending to be in a higher class ??

 

Possibly the other way around. Tanto lost importance with the decree of the Bushi to wear a pair of swords (katana and wakizashi) in the Edo period. Only in Bakumatsu did this rule soften and Tanto became popular again. Nevertheless, the tanto was reserved for the nobility and the samurai.
Certain commoners were allowed to wear a wakizashi, but not a tanto.
But it's only one possible explanation ...
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