Kogai ana size?

[Dr Fox]

Guys

I am looking to have a saya made for a wakazashi. I would like to have a kogai pocket built in. Now I have a tsuba I would like to use, but the kogai ana looks very small. So my question is, what would be the minimum ana size I should have in a tsuba? or do I first buy a kogai and size to that?

Denis.

[cabowen]

It has to be large enough so that the kogai will fit through it.....right?

[Dr Fox]

Sorry Chris is that a question or the answer?

Denis.

[Geraint]

Hi Dennis.

 

I think it might be the answer. Kogai do vary in size quite a bit, depending on the koshirae they are used for. Some tanto have quite small ones, is it perhaps the case that your tsuba was intended for either a small wakizashi or a tanto?

 

You certainly don't want to be enlarging the hitsu so you are shopping for a kogai that will fit comfortably. Might take a while but Aoi Art are very good at giving full dimensions for their stock as I discovered when searching for a slightly smaller than average kodzuka to fit a koshire.

 

Have fun.

[Dr Fox]

Geraint

Thank you for the insight, into the subject, I was lacking in the knowledge you imparted, that is the reason that what Chris said was to me puzzling. The wakazshi I want to set up is as full in size as a katana, so with what you indicate I see its best to source first the tsuba, and then the kogai.

Thanks both.

Denis.