Hi all, my first post in the forum, long time lurker. I have a question I hope you can help with. Im looking for sources or info about the larger "battle" tsuba pre-edo. Similar to the tsuba for the nodachi in 7 samurai. Ive read somewhere that people went to war with bigger and plainer tsuba that are more or less expandable item and only mount the fancier tsuba for display or everyday carry. But I can only find a few examples of Muromachi tsuba at 10cm, which to me isn't that large considering tachi/nodachi of the time easily went to 170cm.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
