PhoenixDude

Yeah I should have enough for that.

Ok, well to add to this dicussion, here is a related situation i am mulling over: I have a nice owakizashi signed Yamato Daijo Fujiwara Masanori, I plan on trying to get authenticated. Its koshirae is really rough, the leather tsukaito is broken at the top of the tsuka, the saya is chipped a bit and the tsuba is a simple brass one I don't think was original to the koshirae. the F&K are both iron and the whole set is fairly plain. A. Should I have the saya stripped and relacqured, and the tsuka rewrapped in identical tsukaito or B. Should I remove the old mounts (keep them with the sword for posterity ofc) and make new ones or C. don't do anything? This is all assuming it does pass shinsa ofc.

I have heard if you rub white silk or cotton on silver it should come back with black residue if its sterling. Shibiuchi *probably* wont do that since its pre patinated.

I'm having each one made to size for whomever wants one. I will check measurements tomorrow. looking for about 95$ per bag.

I was thinking of having someone skilled at making koshirae do it, best of the best. It would be something I keep though and not sell later on.

Considering building a set of koshirae and was wondering what the consensus is on using papered tosogu. Should it be done? Will it damage the fittings? Opinions?

UPDATE I have one Tanto length bag of the gold mokume silk made up for grabs, should fit a 11-12 in overall length tanto. Also have about 205cm of the mokume silk left, I could make a Tanto bag and a katana bag or 2 wak bags from it. I have 150cm left of the silver momiji silk, it has an internal lining and is very padded. Can make one Katana bag or one Wak bag, or one tanto bag but that would waste alot of it.

http://nihontou.jp/choice03/toukenkobugu/tantou/099/00.html http://taiseido.biz/cn11/cn32/pg589.html

Machine stiched by hand lol. Machine stitch will last longer and hold up better over time. These bags are for swords that I plan on passing down through the family, to my kids kids and so on.

Hi Dave, Yeah this is from vintage fukuro obi I ordered from Japan. Re: http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/22506-checking-for-interest/

That's the only other photo of it

Thanks. Its from a naginata, I'm thinking gimei.

What the heck does this 2nd kanji say? I got to 忠 X 作

Off to ebay it goes!

This came out excellent. The fabric I ordered looks even better in person than it did online lol! I still have about 150cm left of this silk for anyone who wants a bag out of it.

Bump. Updated listing with better pics and a video.

Bump. Updated listing with better pics and a video.

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

anyone?

Saw this for auction and fell in love with it. its 8.3cm diameter, gold and silver onlay on iron. Can anyone tell me what school and time period it is from?

Cool! I like yours better than mine

When was this guy active? What school?