Looking For A Koshirae Maker

[AndreasU]

Hi gents,

 

no that I am close to have my daisho finished (both Fujiwara Tsuguhira 2nd gen) and because both are "just" in shirasaya, I am considering to have these in koshirae instead of shirasaya just.

 

I am looking for traditional made ones with urushi paint. The  fittings shall match and should be also made in Edo period.

 

Is there any recommendation where this can be done? I live in Germany but I do not know any koshirae maker here. So I am pretty sure I need to ship the swords  to Japan. I have seen that AOI Art is offering such a service but I am wondering if there are other shops being able to do high quality koshirae's.

 

AOI is asking roughly 2.500 US$ for a Katana without fittings. I cannot judge if this is a realistic price (contains the koshirae itself+Tsuka incl. wrapping as far I understood) So the koshirae for the Katana will easy reach 4.000 US$.

 

Any advise appreciated.

 

 

Cheers

Andreas

[paulb]

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[DirkO]

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[Stephen]

I use and very happy with Hans Koga

 

https://www.facebook.com/koga.bijutsu/?fref=ts

[BIG]

Hi, member Leo and Mike Prill, nihonto.eu ( Wiesbaden/Traben-Trabach) can do.

 

Juwelier Strebel sells daisho in shirasaya, think he offers nice koshirae for 2500€. Check his site.

 

Best Regards

[Darcy]

There is a very good Russian maker working out of Moscow. Because swords in and out of Russia is not easy, he tends to go to the swords for what he needs to get to get started. One of my clients has his work on a series of Tokubetsu Juyo blades. When I heard Russia I was skeptical but his work is really nice when I saw it and photographed it. He trains in Japan. Also does a good job picking up and matching sets of kodogu for people to use in projects. I can put Europeans in touch as it's easy for him to get to and work on your stuff. 

 

- darcy

[AndreasU]

  On 7/1/2016 at 5:58 PM, BIG said:

Hi, member Leo and Mike Prill, nihonto.eu ( Wiesbaden/Traben-Trabach) can do.

 

Juwelier Strebel sells daisho in shirasaya, think he offers nice koshirae for 2500€. Check his site.

 

Best Regards

 

Hi BIG, I think I know the one who is working for Prill and Strebel. If I am not totally wrong, this guy is located on the country side of germany (I lost the city). To be honest I did not like what I had seen. The workshop itself was chaotic and how shall the work be nice if the shop is like a mess? Bottom line, I did not like his work. But thanks anyhow for the hint.

[AndreasU]

  On 7/1/2016 at 12:40 PM, Stephen said:

I use and very happy with Hans Koga

 

https://www.facebook.com/koga.bijutsu/?fref=ts

This looks interesting. Thanks for the hint!

[Gordon Sanders]

Hans Koga is working on something for me as well. I would recommend him also