double kozuka

[Mark C]

Hi all,

 

Picked up this Kozuka a while back and noticed that it's the same on both sides

 

Has anyone seen anything like it before ?

 

I think someone has soldered two fronts together.

 

Opinions/ideas anyone.

 

Many thanks for your help

 

regards

 

mark

[nagamaki - Franco]

hi, typical of a kitchen knife handle.

[Brian]

Agree with Franco,

When the demand for sword fittings wasn't there anymore in the Meiji period, then the fittings makers turned to making anything else they could.

Many kozuka makers turned to those fancy kitchen-type knives that use a regular cutlery knife blade, and on many of these we see these double sided kozuka. Not very sought after I'm afraid, kind of mass production.

 

Brian

[Mark C]

Hi Franco and Brian,

 

Thanks for that, just I'd never seen one before.

 

I'll put a sharp knife in it and give it to the wife to peel vegatables with :lol:

 

Kind regards

 

mark

[Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini]

Hi all. This is not a kitchen knife ! :lol:

 

Well, I know it's crap, but I found it in a quiet good mount.

As the matter has arised...

I just wonder who's pictured there and if the kanji have any meaning.

 

 

[nagamaki - Franco]

Hey Carlo,

 

well, it sure took you long enough to find it

 

now, when it comes to things nihonto there are almost always exceptions to every rule to be discovered.

 

but, maybe not so fast

 

the real question is, is that a double sided kozuka that found a ko gatana or a ko gatana that found a double sided kozuka?

 

[Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini]

Yeah, totally agree that's a fake but I was thinking what the hell passed in the mind of the maker when he depicted that archer...

The mounting of the Sunnobi Tanto which this kozuka is on, has been

looted and I think nothing of the original remains other then the Menuki and possibly Fuchi/Kashira...

[Ludolf Richter]

I have a very similar one.Ludolf

[remzy]

Bottom line, if it has chickens, it has to be a kitchen knife!

[Thierry BERNARD]

some examples of these knives

 

http://www.trocadero.com/ancienteast/it ... 85341.html

 

http://www.trocadero.com/galeriehafner/ ... 08142.html

 

http://www.trocadero.com/2ezr/items/452 ... 52710.html

[Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini]

Most are nicer then mine... :?

[remzy]

I like yours too, its pretty!

[Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini]

I like yours too, its pretty!

 

Want to make an offer ? :lol:

 

Just kidding.

[johnb]

Depending on how they are manufactured, it is possible to file one side of these cutlery handles flat. Then you end up with a kodzuka handle.