Pictures of my new tsuka

[jezah81]

Hi guys,

 

Just wanted to post some pics of my newly re-wrapped tsuka. I got it done in Japan by a tsukamakishi in Nara Prefecture. Cowhide leather, gyaku menuki style in Higo style. Here are the links:

 

http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa20 ... ure081.jpg

 

http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa20 ... ure082.jpg

 

 

Kind Regards,

 

Jeremy Hagop

[USMC-LCPL]

Wow, that looks great!

 

What made you decide to go with that color of leather?

[jezah81]

I suppose I just felt like getting the whole Higo feeling with the black same-gawa and brown leather tsuka-ito!

 

Kind regards,

 

Jeremy Hagop

[AndreasU]

Hmm,

Looks a bit starnge for me.

 

Definately a question of taste. It looks that the knots are not on the same line (level) and it seems that the width of the leather band varies.

 

A textile wrap would have looked more stylish. This looks a bit like plastic for my eyes.

 

But as I said in the beginning, it's a question of taste.

 

Andreas

[Guest Simon Rowson]

Looks nice to me and it's interesting that the menuki seem to be in the Yagyu style placement (under the wrap in the hollow of each palm).

 

If you are emulating a higo koshirae then you wouldn't use cotton or silk on the tsuka even if it looks "more stylish".

[jezah81]

Thanks guys. As for the menuki, I had the gyaku menuki on request, as i think it is much more comfortable in my hands. Give me some time, and i shall take some photos of the blades i own.

 

Kind Regards,

 

Jeremy Hagop