New Koshirae

[Darcy]

Made by Brian Tschernega from a nice set of fittings. The tanto going in this is a signed Kagemitsu. Son of Nagamitsu and father of Kanemitsu. 

 

I thought I would share the nice work. Had to agonize over a lot of choices. What to do on lacquer. To wrap or not to wrap. Brian made the extra gold touches for the mekugi and the elements that hold the kashira in place (I realize I don't know the term for these, someone want to venture it?) I chose to have them made and went with no wrap because I didn't want to detract from the metalwork or hide the menuki... and in the end bouncing it off of Ted decided just on simple black lacquer to let the fittings do the talking. 

 

The tanto is equally nice and it will be a good set. Just have to trim the sageo on a bit. 

 

 

Higher res:

 

http://nihonto.ca/kagemitsu-koshirae-m.jpg

 

Uber res:

 

http://nihonto.ca/kagemitsu-koshirae-l.jpg

 

Fittings are Kyo Kinko which is the NBTHK punting the ball a bit but the kozuka reminds me of Umetada with the striping. The Kiri is set in there free floating 

 

Sometimes stuff is a lot nicer out of the box and seeing them as the fittings maker intended them to be seen is just extremely satisfying. I feel like a 400 year old man somewhere is nodding and saying thanks for finishing it. 

 

Year long projects to find the right blade and right fittings and getting it made, but very satisfying when they come together.

 

[Greg F]

Hello Darcy,

 

That is really really nice! Thanks for showing it to us. Cheers.

 

Greg

[ggil]

Very nice! Easily befitting a King. May we see a picture of the blade out of the scabbard. Or is there a link? I'll look if so. Thanks

[Jean]

Makes me dizzy...

[Henry Wilson]

Nice... very nice. The kozuka is a splendid touch, very... playful.

 

A purple sageo might be nice, to break up the homogeneity, as the kozuka seems to do.

[Stephen]

   

[Fuuten]

The fuchi, what i believe is the tsuba and the kozuka just match perfectly. Absolutely flawless:)

 

Cheers and thank you for sharing the finished koshirae.

[SwordGuyJoe]

Wow!

[John A Stuart]

Darcy, I think they are still called Shitodome. Nice work. John

[Brian]

Love it, especially the contrast between some of the fittings being inverted in their colours.

Really appealing. Classy, yet not overdone.

[Stephen]

 Really appealing. Classy, yet not overdone. 

 

Agreed one without experience may have went with a gaudy overdone gold Kurikata, nicely restrained in not flying too close to the sun, as my art professor would say. Knowing when to stop says it all!

[raiden]

Nice mount darcy! Brian does great work just like your other tanto mount he did for you. The sageo is fine, I think you don't need to trim it at all! My 2 cents worth.

Mike

[nihonto1001]

Very nice Darcy.  Brian does an amazing job.  Looking forward to seeing it on nihonto.ca.

[Jussi Ekholm]

Looks top notch. That über res...