parfaitelumiere

What is wood price, is it hard to get, I would try to get some Japanese cedar I would make a mahogany box, with 5 stages, like my actual tsuba box, but larger, and probably a specific stage for menuki, f/K etc, all stacked with a cord. I have the mahogany, and some european white wood, all is antique, but if possible to use Japanese wood, kiri or sugi, could be interesting. Size is 20x 30cm, one lumber to make the full width (no multi mumber),and about 5 of them. I still have to design the box, but have an idea about how to make all fit together.

umabari this is what I was thinking about, thanks a lot. In fact I was thinking about kogatana kogai on wakizashi and, another item in katana, I remember I have seen a daisho with kogatana kogai in waki, and in katana, kind of symetrical knife and last was a saw. I wanted to make a katana, with oder fashion, even maybe a koto mounting, if I can find genuine koto fittings. what will be hard to find will be the seppa pair, with flat on wrong side, especially if I want a kinkise pair... After examination it seems the chronoly is like this: -kogatana, and then, kogai, on uchigatana -birth of daisho, uchigatana and?! tachi, tanto, other sword -standart daisho, with kogatana kogai on wakizashi or often, kogatana only on wakizashi (one hitsu ana on tsuba), but what is in the katana sheat? -1776 (?) law, with no accessory anymore in katana sheat and tsuba size limitation.

I just purchased something I wanted for a while, I mean a katana saya, with a room for a accessory knife. But I don't know what kind of knife or accessory goes inside. It's on kurigata side, what knife or accessory can it be?

looks like a kunihiro, I have a similar one, mei is a bit different I think There are several generations r maybe several different makers?! but all signing with same mei.

Looks like copper base, nanako pinching, silver and gold. I don't know if the work is Japanese, but it's intersting because it's really close to early Japanese fittings. if Japanese interesting because it means the item travelled to Japan, if chinese, intrresting because the technic would also be used in China. The item is a ming dynasty scholar plate made from zitan wood.

That was also my opinion. Hum, it's interesting all these daisho pictures, you should add the leasurments on them, and maybe larger click pictures.

Hello, From what I have read the iron plate could be late Muromachi or Momoyama period, especially because of the pinching on top of seppa dai. It has hammering surface and some stamping, design seems to be "Dai chi" Do you think it's Tembo, Saotome or something else? I was first thinking about Tembo, but I read the Saotome school made similar design at earlier period and the gomoku plating is showing obvious older plate underneath. Size is about 84mm x81mm x 3,5mm (without gomoku layer)

A fuchi-kashira set, unsigned but for me it's same author as the signon top left.

Finally found this dragon: it's a bit large for the set, so not sure to use it, however I really like it, and, no hitsu ana, making my 6th tsuba with no hitsu ana.

Thanks for your informations. I was not thinking about cast material,but as it's not cheap, i would prefer to get other members opinions about it. What is information showing less or more recent work?

Hello Uwe, Depending on size and price this tsuba could be what I need. Please let me know.

Here are some of mines: 3 bonsai pots Tea bowl

Hello, I saw this tsuba sold a echizen kinai school. as the design is very pleasing to me and size is ok I am interested in, but is it cast? I don't think so, cuttings and carving look neat to me, but it's also possible to work on a cast item and clean it before adding nunome.

I think this kozuka was a set, shame the seller is selling them as spare because the complete set would make a daisho wil my actual tosogu, even a bit different. I am asking seller more informations.

I think I would spend something like 400$ on it. Also, size is quite important, as I am looking for 75 to 80mm diameter.

Hello, My set is a shakuto, with probable mercury gold dragon. But I can choose iron, shakudo or gold, depending on what it can look like, and price of course.

Hello I am looking for a tsuba to complete this set, I would get a 75-78mm size if possible. The menuki are 50mm long fuchi is 38mm long. I already have the saya, blade, seppa and fittings, only tsuba is missing and of course, the tsuka to make. I was thinking about a dragon themed tsuba, it will be to make a 60-65cm katana mount, using uchigatana blade.

shame, I didn't know.

The item I want to purchase is this one, even I still don't know the price and availability. Or, of course if someone has similar fitting, I would be interested in buying them. The reason is simple I want to replicate a specific Japanese sword used in a movie and these fittings are the right ones.

If the buyer of this tsuba is here, the "sho " is actually on sale by same seller.

hello, I have question about this website does anyone buy from him and has a way to contact him? I saw a fuchi kashira set I would purchase if stil available but it seems the site doesn't work . Most of the links don't work anymore. I would buy the oni nanako fuchi-kashira set.

color is more dark black with some hint of reddish aha.

Just to share this really simple design tsuba picture. Size is about 80mm and thickness about 5mm.

what is shipping cost to France ofr katana koshirae?

I saw a very very nice kinkise habaki and seppa set, sadly I didn't take the pictures for reference, but all was mostly crazy file work. I have a not so bad kinkise set here, but really far from this level. Just to say, I fully understand interest for nice habaki.