what wood to use for a tsuba box

[Marius]

I am planning to store my entire tsuba collection in one, custom made wood box. I have no access to paulownia wood. Would you regard any other wood as suitable for that purpose?

[Gabriel L]

Alder wood? Poplar? Just use something low in acidity, I should think.

[ottou812]

Petrified wood?

[Ford Hallam]

I wouldn't recommend petrified wood as it really buggers up your tools It's essentially stone

[Marius]

I have found an interesting article, but id does not list acidity ratios.

 

http://www.vam.ac.uk/res_cons/conservat ... index.html

[Aloof Pegasus]

Hi Mariusz

 

What about a little tansu?

 

Philip

[Marius]

 

What about a little tansu?

 

 

Nice idea, but too complicated and expensive to import it from Japan...

[Ford Hallam]

Excellent article, Mariusz

 

I'll post it on the Iron Brush too, as I think it may be of interest there also.

 

regards,

 

fh

[bridgeofdreams]

If I had done that it would have had to have been one custom made EXPANDABLE wooden box, maybe something modular, because the collection kept growing, and growing, and growing.

 

Until it started shrinking.

 

Craig

[Gabriel L]

Another source:

http://www.cci-icc.gc.ca/publications/c ... ment_ID=82

[ottou812]

Would anyone seal a tsuba inside lucite as a permanent display piece? No oxidation and no maintenance.

[Marius]

Would anyone seal a tsuba inside lucite as a permanent display piece? No oxidation and no maintenance.

 

[cspage]

Yikes! Inside lucite? One of the wonderful things about tsuba is its quality in hand, the heft, the feel of the iron. Also, close inspection of the nuances of texture, bones, etc. is essential to the appreciation of tsuba. I would not recommend locking all that away from the world under any circumstances. Just IMHO.

 

Colin

 

PS. By the way, just in case you're interested, here's a website with some spiffy displays for tsuba, at the lower end of the page. And of course I have nothing to do with the proprietors or any other aspect of this business) http://www2.saganet.ne.jp/hasuike-itou- ... kake2.html

[b.hennick]

At the last San Francisco show Dick Dodge had an interesting display storage case for tsuba. I found it for sale on ebay and have been considering it. Here is the link to the item. It is regularly offered.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... K:MEWAX:IT

I have no affiliation with the vendor. He sells many types of display cases. The top is glass and so one can display a few pieces.