If you missed out on the swords from the John Plimpton collection when they were for sale a while back, here's a chance to buy one!  In fact, St. Croix Blades bought almost 50 of the Plimpton swords--we've just stowed them away to be listed here every so often.       THE Japanese copper handle NCO sword photographed for John Plimpton's book Swords of the Emperor - A Guide to the Identification of Imperial Japanese Swords, 1873 – 1945.   This sword would make an important