fuchi kashira seizes

[Yves]

What sizes fuchi kashira were used on either uchigatana or wakizashi. Thanks. 

[Alex A]

Long sword around 38mm length. a rough guide 

 

That size may also suit a wak with a wide blade.

 

Generally though, waks a little smaller.

 

 

 

 

[Yves]

Well, the newer fittings for example are around 40-41 mm for the katana. It makes me wonder if they were just overal smaller in the Edo era for example or if there is another reason. 

[OceanoNox]

My own gendaito made for iai has also a fuchi that it 41mm long.

But a craftsman of the 加賀 style wrote in a recent book that the fuchi is made about 39mm long (and 加賀, 肥後, and 尾張 all make the kashira slightly smaller than the fuchi).

In the 加賀 style, the height (腰) of the fuchi is 9mm and the width (平) is usually 23mm (26mm for bigger ones, 21mm for smaller ones). This depends also on the sori of the blade: fuchi height (腰) increases when the sori decreases (浅い反り).

[Alex A]

  On 9/1/2023 at 6:05 AM, Yves said:

Well, the newer fittings for example are around 40-41 mm for the katana. It makes me wonder if they were just overal smaller in the Edo era for example or if there is another reason. 

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Looked for a fuchi some time ago, that needed to be 41mm but that was a very wide katana. 

 

Most i saw were around 38mm