Tsuba with layers?

[Strider]

Has anyone ever seen a tsuba that was finished to show off the layers of iron/iron carbide like we see in blades? My first inclination would be that a tsube did not need the repeated forging/folding that a blade did. Input anyone? Scott

[Bungo]

http://www.esnips.com/web/tsuba?docsPage=42#files

for complete view of tsuba, klick previous page.

 

milt the ronin

[nagamaki - Franco]

http://www.nihonto.us/ENJU%20KUNIHIDE%20MOKUME%20TSUBA.htm

[Mike]

Masame hada , Myochin tsuba . Mike

[Rich T]

Myochin (pre Edo) started this trend, and many others followed right through the Momoyama and Edo periods. Some people think that the excess metal from sword manufacture was used in tsuba production. This is very possible.

 

This one is by the 6th or 7th Tadatoki.

 

Cheers

 

Rich

[Strider]

Thank you my friends, I especially like the square Myochin tsuba Mike posted. I tend to find myself drawn toward subtle or simple patterns in Nihonto related items, maybe that is why I like Mokume. Scott

[Ed]

Mokume tsuba made from Nanban Tettsu or foreign steel.

 

http://yakiba.com/tsuba_nanbantetsu.htm

[Jacques D.]

Hi,

 

Masame hada , Myochin tsuba . Mike

 

 

On this tsuba, the mei should not be on the omote side?

[Mike]

Hi. yes in most cases the mei is on the omote side, but evrey rule is bound to be breake, so this may be the case Mike