Canvas over wood saya

[Jim Manley]

Has anybody else seen this? A wooden saya, wrapped with brass around the top and then covered with painted canvas?  The blade is quite nice a Yoshihara Kuniie . It seems to be war time production. A field repair perhaps? 

 

Jim m 

[Dave R]

 Less of a repair, and more of an improvisation in the field, in my opinion. The haikan and koiguchi look like they were taken from a steel scabbard and put onto a purpose made wood and canvas one, which I think would have had a leather cover originally. Does it have an ishizuki?

 I wonder how many officers found their steel scabbard irksome when they had to leave their vehicles or horses and walk!

[Bruce Pennington]

I have seen leather covered saya with the standard haikan underneath.  So maybe this saya is simply missing the leather cover.