Tachi Kake

[Lareon]

Would love to see examples of members Tachi Kake.

I've been keeping an eye out for one that takes my fancy but they don't come up too often.

 

[Bugyotsuji]

See quite a few of them in my travels, Tony. (Was offered one just the other day which I refused.) What exactly do you envision?

[Lareon]

No idea really, I think it's one of those things that once I see it I'll know if I want it

One of the reasons i wanted to see other people's or even ones that people really enjoy.

not a tachi kake but i love this 

 

 

 

on the tachi kake front i'm really not sure, i like quite simple and elegant.

I don't know if one exists but the saya i would like to match it to has split grass stems under the lacquer. something with a similar motif would be nice

 

 

 

[Lareon]

All in all would just love to see examples that other people own

[vajo]

I would not rest a sword in a tachi kake. Better is to store it on a normal kake if you want to present the sword. 

[Lareon]

21 minutes ago, vajo said:

I would not rest a sword in a tachi kake. Better is to store it on a normal kake if you want to present the sword. 

 

Hi Chris,

I store all my swords in sword bags in the dark and don't usually display them at all (except a single Gunto I have in my library) but would like to own an authentic Tachi Kake that I like the look of at some point. I'm more interested in seeing the variety that other members have 


  
 

[vajo]

No problem Tony. Its only my opinion.

[Lareon]

8 minutes ago, vajo said:

No problem Tony. Its only my opinion.

 

no worries, I'd be too worried my cat would knock one of my swords over if it was on the tachi kake and with a stone floor :'( 

[ken kata]

Hello Tony,

I made this Tachi Sword Stand out of some pieces of wood I had..

 

I converted the Bedroom Closet  to a "Tokonoma" (Alcove) ...

 

 

[Lareon]

ah that's a nice display, interesting to make a Tokonoma.

I have a small room in my library that i store them in but they're all in bags inside cases. Never got round to making them look nice, it's a fine line between what I want and what the wife says will happen :D

[PNSSHOGUN]

The prices on these have skyrocketed recently, would be interesting to see how much they really sell for in Japan. One day it would be nice to have a good Makie example (and a fine Tachi to match).

[DTM72]

I have a couple that are made of bamboo. Not the most fancy thing, but I like it.

[Toryu2020]

Kamakura is famous for a style of carving and lacquer work; Kamakura-bori - when I lived there this was in the window of a local shop specializing in Kamakura-bori ware. I used to pass by about once a month and try to buy it but the owner said it was there for advertising and not for sale - he said I couldn't afford to have him carve another...

 

[Toryu2020]

Heres one still banging around the house - the "cup" for the Kabuto-gane is lined in rawhide

 

[Toryu2020]

This other one I think is maybe Taisho period, the "cups" are silver - sadly I have no Tachi to display with these...

 

 

[PNSSHOGUN]

The last one with the three 'branches' is really fantastic. Do you use it?

[Toryu2020]

John -

If you look at the first photo of that piece you'll see where we use it at club meetings - sadly no Tachi koshirae in my collection...

-t

[PNSSHOGUN]

Very nice, can see it being useful for meetings. Well, this is a case where the Kake really warrant some good Tachi, and not the other way around!

[Lareon]

Very nice, simple and elegant, the three tiers is interesting, I've not seen that before.

 

 

 

 

[DTM72]

I plan on building one like this, using curved bamboo as the tail.

[Shugyosha]

Hi Tony,

One for sale here: http://www.ayakashi.co.jp/home/index/news.html?id=66#top1

 

[Lareon]

1 hour ago, Shugyosha said:

Hi Tony,

One for sale here: http://www.ayakashi.co.jp/home/index/news.html?id=66#top1

 

Oh that's very nice. I like that

[RichardP]

Another one here:

https://www.nihonto.com/11-11-21/

[Lareon]

That one is really beautiful. Pricey though

[RichardP]

On 12/9/2021 at 11:08 AM, DTM72 said:

I plan on building one like this, using curved bamboo as the tail.

Never knew tachi kake came in such a variety of forms!

 

An attention-getting companion piece to the standard deer-antler katana kake might be a tachi kake made by articulating a deer spinal column, using the pelvis as the base, with its natural “cup” to hold the kashira…  

 

 

[Walter55]

This is mine, which I got years ago from a person here on the forum, whom I greet and thank because it is a beautiful piece.

 

Walter

[Lareon]

That is a beautiful piece the finish is perfect

[Blagoy]

One more dragonfly.

 

[Curran]

1 hour ago, Walter55 said:

This is mine, which I got years ago from a person here on the forum, whom I greet and thank because it is a beautiful piece.

 

Walter

 

 

I like this one very much.

 

We've had a number of these threads over the years. Mine has been up a few times before, and I might was well post it again.

 

-Signed and dated 1754 on the bottom.-

Spartan, which is more my aesthetic.

 

[Bugyotsuji]

Saw a couple at a friend’s house today.

 

 

Closer shot