Gerald Posted March 28, 2018 Report Posted March 28, 2018 Heianjo Yoshiro open work katabami mon ( Sakai clan ) katana sized tsubaOxalis called « kagami-gusa » in Japan or " miror plant " because it was used to polish bronze miror . And also to make a medicinal unguent . Often used on palaquin ornamentation during heian period .Katabami is became a famous kamon of the bushi class .Sam 2 Quote
johnnyi Posted March 28, 2018 Report Posted March 28, 2018 Interesting. We used to call this sour grass back on the farm in Pennsylvania. If you chewed the stems it tasted like lemons. Nice on a hot day. Thanks for posting this johni Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted March 29, 2018 Report Posted March 29, 2018 Nice tsuba, Sam. I've been looking to add one like that to my Heianjo collection, so if you decide to sell it, please PM me. Quote
Ford Hallam Posted March 29, 2018 Report Posted March 29, 2018 These are called 'suuring' in Afrikaans. As kids when in the veld we used to pick them to eat the stems, for moisture when it was really hot. Quote
ROKUJURO Posted March 29, 2018 Report Posted March 29, 2018 The special sour taste comes from oxalic acid - not recommended, if you love your little kidneys! 1 Quote
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