Kabutowari Help

[PhoenixDude]

Anyone have any insight on this kabutowari? Any guess on when it was made?

[Bugyotsuji]

With that one photo it is hard to say. If it is not one of the thousands of fakes, (perhaps 9/10 are younger than Meiji), then it could well be over 130 years old.

 

Might be nice to get a tsuka maki wrap done and add a tassel.

[Ken-Hawaii]

Jay, few of the real ones that I've seen are single-piece. Mine has the tsuka wrapped in leather, a small tsuba & habaki, & the tassel that Piers mentions.

 

So my guess is that yours is a Meiji or later cast version. Take a look at http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/7229-tekkan-or-tetsuken-with-kurikata/page-2for more info from 6 years ago.

 

Ken

 

[PhoenixDude]

Off to ebay it goes!

[Alex A]

Jay, few of the real ones that I've seen are single-piece. Mine has the tsuka wrapped in leather, a small tsuba & habaki, & the tassel that Piers mentions.

 

So my guess is that yours is a Meiji or later cast version. Take a look at http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/7229-tekkan-or-tetsuken-with-kurikata/page-2for more info from 6 years ago.

 

Ken

 

Hi Ken, curious, whats an idea of nakago ana size for the tsuba on these kind of weapons?

[Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini]

Hi Ken, curious, whats an idea of nakago ana size for the tsuba on these kind of weapons?

 

curious about the habaki too...