Odd Sekigane

[Ken-Hawaii]

 

I don't think I've ever seen a sekigane that completely fills the nakago-ana. Is this unusual?

[Stephen]

Not the norm for sure, i have seen them before.

[b.hennick]

Someone must have really liked that tsuba.

[Ian B3HR2UH]

Iit doesn't even look to be properly fitted , looks like someone has shoved part of an habaki in there .

Ian Brooks

[Lee Bray]

Probably a modern made addition done so the tsuba could be mounted without installing 'proper' sekigane or hammering the steel around the ana to fit a nakago.

Adding sekigane can potentially damage the patina on the tsuba as you have to hammer it in to position which is a lot easier to write/say than do.

I sold the tsuba below a long time ago and the new owner wanted to mount it so I made the 'odd' sekigane to facilitate that. I made the ana undersized so the new owner just had to file the sekigane a little for a perfect fit.

[Ken-Hawaii]

Yours looks far more professionally done, Lee, & it explains what might have happened with the tsuba I posted. Thanks!

[Kurikata]

Partial filling.....

[kissakai]

Bruno - The tsuba looks better with the partial filling

[nektoalex]

Used part of the habaki

[Kurikata]

Bruno - The tsuba looks better with the partial filling

Thanks Grev!That's mainly why I purchased it. It was in harmony with the global design of the tsuba.

[ROKUJURO]

I had shown this before. It was probably used as keyhole cover at one time of its life.

[rkg]

The piece that started the thread sure looks like somebody just used part of a habaki or something.  I've probably posted these here somewhere before, but.... here's a couple of pieces I have with sekigane that surrounded the blade (at least at some point in one case):

 

 

Best,

rkg

(Richard George)

 

 

 

 

 

[Rich S]

I guess they/you do whatever works to mount the tsuba.

Rich