Presidential palace guard holding a ceremonial sword, Tunis, Tunisia

Men of the ceremonial guard marching in South Korea

Ranks of Gurkha soldiers standing in lines with their traditional Kukri knives attached to scabbards on their belts and their rifles at their sides, Hong Kong

Japanese Sword Scabbard (Koshirae) Maker, Atsuhiro Morii, working at his workshop. Yokohama, Japan

Japanese Sword Scabbard (Koshirae) Maker, Atsuhiro Morii, working at his workshop. Yokohama, Japan

Japanese Sword Scabbard (Koshirae) Maker, Atsuhiro Morii, working at his workshop. Yokohama, Japan

Japanese Sword Scabbard (Koshirae) Maker, Atsuhiro Morii, working at his workshop. Yokohama, Japan

Japanese Sword Scabbard (Koshirae) Maker, Atsuhiro Morii, working at his workshop. Yokohama, Japan

Japanese Sword Scabbard (Koshirae) Maker, Atsuhiro Morii, working at his workshop. Yokohama, Japan

Japanese Sword Scabbard (Koshirae) Maker, Atsuhiro Morii, working at his workshop. Yokohama, Japan

Japanese Sword Scabbard (Koshirae) Maker, Atsuhiro Morii, working at his workshop. Yokohama, Japan

Japanese Sword Scabbard (Koshirae) Maker, Atsuhiro Morii, working at his workshop. Yokohama, Japan

Japanese Sword Scabbard (Koshirae) Maker, Atsuhiro Morii, working at his workshop. Yokohama, Japan

Handcraft daggers at the Bazaar, Gaziantep, Turkey, Europe