Maximum Length : 20.6 cm or 8.22 inches
Blade Length : 11.1cm or 4.37 inches
width of Hamachi : 1.14 cm or 0.44 inches
Jidai(era) : Edo period.
Special feature : From ancient time, Japanese people hate earthquake, Kaminari (Thunder lightning、thunderbolt)fire and elderly men. Traveling person worry about the thunderbolt.
So they were bringing a lucky charm not hit from the thunderbolt.
This Bashin is typical fortune tag.
Bashin means It is told with a needle to do the blood omission of a part congested in the situation
that a horse is tired of walking with the horse needle, and cannot walk more than this.