never ask why, but why ?

[Bungo]

why do they put such " distracting " chisel/punch marks on the seppa dai area?

It doesn't seem to affect the " fit " for the nakago.

I asked the same question in one of the kantei tsuba thread ( pic of a ko-mino tsuba from the swedish collection ) but get no response.........

here's another example......

p.s. school identification marking ?

milt

[bluboxer]

Greetings Milt,is the seppa dai made from a separate piece of metal?If so;perhaps the punch marks were meant to expand the insert into the tsuba.Just an idea.

Alan

[remzy]

Well i think that the chisel marks did move some metal on the inside but i agree, not very aesthticaly appealing.

perhaps some copper lining on the inside of the nakago ana would have been more good looking.

[Martin]

Same strange Tagane marks here...

I don´t know if it´s just me, but I think the Seppa-Dai on Milt´s piece with its 3 different coloration and the Tagane not even touching the Nakago-Ana seems a little strange...

[Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini]

  Bungo said:

why do they put such " distracting " chisel/punch marks on the seppa dai area?

 

Once it read "drill here"...

[DSweet]

Ford might be able to shed some light on this.

 

Strange thing is that if mounted, then you wouldn't be able to notice/see the marks at all. They don't appear to be punched, but actually chiseled out. Maybe it was a scrap peice that someone used for practice But i doubt it.

 

-Donovan

[Grey Doffin]

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It doesn't seem to affect the " fit " for the nakago.

Of course it has to affect the fit for the nakago; material had to have moved inward. Not the most beautiful job of expanding the metal of the seppa dai but I see no reason other than that for this.

Grey

[Henry Wilson]

Apparently there is an idea in Japanese art called Hacho which has a connection to the Zen and its notion of balance. The idea of Hacho is the addition of something random into something otherwise perfect and complete to break up the perfect-ness. I think the seppa dai posted could have "hacho" marks attached to it. For more info. check out the KTK 4th catalog p.4.