Bryce Posted April 26, 2021 Report Share Posted April 26, 2021 G'day Bruce, I just discovered this thread. Here is mine from the Nobuyoshi gunto. Cheers, Bryce 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted April 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2021 2 minutes ago, Bryce said: G'day Bruce, I just discovered this thread. Here is mine from the Nobuyoshi gunto. Cheers, Bryce Excellent Bryce! I saw that on another thread but didn't post it here because I thought I had already posted it. But after a look-see, I mis-remembered. I had mixed it up with @roger dundas habaki in post #86. It has the maze on the upper and diagonal lines on the lower half. Gorgeous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted April 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2021 On a Kanetsugu, found HERE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted April 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2021 Wow, this is cool! Bamboo fences, found on a @paulb post HERE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted May 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2021 I don't think we've touched on mon yet. Here's 3 Pietro posted from his visit to the NBTHK museum found HERE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardP Posted May 6, 2021 Report Share Posted May 6, 2021 This one is over at nihonto.com, on an Ishido katana.... https://www.nihonto.com/7-03-20/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted May 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2021 No way! I know so little about metalworking. I wonder if the craftsman cut through the side as he worked? Or did he start with a hole in the side, and added the waves that curve into the empty space? I also wonder about the red. If that was original, or was added for some reason later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROKUJURO Posted May 6, 2021 Report Share Posted May 6, 2021 Bruce, I am sure that you have to finish the HABAKI first before you can decorate it. The "red" might be copper seen from the inside. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark S. Posted May 7, 2021 Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 Two piece habaki on new blade I picked up at the Chicago show. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted May 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 12 minutes ago, Mark S. said: Two piece habaki We haven't posted too many silver habaki yet, have we! Nice one. To me, one of the signs of great craftsmanship is the attention to detail. This guy took time to get the edges underneath: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark S. Posted May 7, 2021 Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 I didn’t want to make the pics too large, but here is one showing the detail a little better/clearer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark S. Posted May 7, 2021 Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 I’m really impressed with how it’s assembled and fits together. Like a small interlocking puzzle... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted May 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 That's some real quality workmanship. Thanks for posting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ribendao Posted May 7, 2021 Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 On 5/6/2021 at 5:51 AM, RichardP said: This one is over at nihonto.com, on an Ishido katana.... https://www.nihonto.com/7-03-20/ I am seeing similar habaki for sale on ebay being shipped out from China. This one definitely looks nicer though. https://www.ebay.com/itm/254969846915?hash=item3b5d631c83:g:ovIAAOSwu0BfRy6x 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted May 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 I'm so new at this. I don't know if this is (or was) a popular art theme, or the Chinese ones are just copying a single one that they've spotted. I agree, this original is still better. Theirs looks cast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted May 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2021 Don't know if I'm seeing more that what's there, but maybe this is hail stones in rain? Found on a 1940 Sadakatsu HERE. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryce Posted May 15, 2021 Report Share Posted May 15, 2021 G'day Bruce, I don't know what it represents, but this is the classic "Gassan" habaki which is used by the Gassan family. I would love to own one of these some day (and matching blade of course!). Cheers, Bryce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_green42 Posted May 15, 2021 Report Share Posted May 15, 2021 On 5/11/2021 at 5:54 AM, Bruce Pennington said: Don't know if I'm seeing more that what's there, but maybe this is hail stones in rain? Found on a 1940 Sadakatsu HERE. here is a better picture. Hope it helps 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurikata Posted May 19, 2021 Report Share Posted May 19, 2021 my new one very much scratched 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted May 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2021 Nice Bruno! Is that made of a silver metal or is it plated? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurikata Posted May 19, 2021 Report Share Posted May 19, 2021 pure plain silver 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurikata Posted May 19, 2021 Report Share Posted May 19, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b.hennick Posted May 19, 2021 Report Share Posted May 19, 2021 It looks like cherry tree bark. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoTanuki yokai Posted May 21, 2021 Report Share Posted May 21, 2021 It is a copper habaki that is wrapped with silver foil The foil is much thicker then ‚leaf‘ gold or silver but the habaki itself is copper. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted May 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2021 Ah, I see it now: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted June 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2021 A new variation of the cat-scratch or rain design found HERE: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted June 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2021 A new addition of the Mt Fuji theme on THIS VIDEO shared by @BIG on a Sadakatsu blade with quite unusual (to me) horimono. Don't know if it's new or old, kind of looks new, but still a nice work of art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted June 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 Speaking of mon, found an excellent example of the crest just hinted at on post #37. It's on a Nobushige tanto at Ed's Yakiba.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted June 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 A nice variation of the maze on a Sukenaga blade at Yakiba.com (not advertising for Ed, simply found a nice source of high-quality blades which tend to have high-quality fittings!). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Lewis Posted June 26, 2021 Report Share Posted June 26, 2021 Does this mean it's a rainproof lighter? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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