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If you were building a koshirae in Uchigatana style and your ready to have a new saya started

 

 

your vote please

 

 

A:    plane saya no pockets

 

B:    one for kozuka

 

C:    one for  kogai

 

D:    two for both kogai and kozuka

 

Thank you for your answer.

 

searching images i have found all the above

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Stephen,

 

Does your Tsuba have kogai and kozuka ana..? Because that would dictate the Koshirae, to a certain extent… 

 

A would not only be cheaper, but traditional for Uchigatana; however, C always looks nice IMO.. But, as I said before, the tsuba would often be 'plugged' with A. An example provided..

 

http://www.aoijapan.com/uchi-katana-koshirae

 

I haven't seen your Tsuka sorry, but some Fuchi are just not designed to accommodate a kogai because of the position and (raised) height of the design.. Anyway, good luck with it mate.

 

Barrie.

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Thank you all for your thoughtful replies,  personally i was torn between A and C. I do like the look of kogai, but leaning to none now.

 

Which leads me to second question, plug both ana or leave open?

 

 

 

this before pixpost-19-0-19489000-1442412755_thumb.jpg

 

 

link shows tsuka, ive had a change of mind on the one posted, which ill never sell as its a favorite. 

 

http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/16526-new-tsuba/?hl=%2Btsuka+%2Brepair&do=findComment&comment=172087

 

the frog tsuba and its  gold highlights plus the kurikata from elders having gold on leafs brings it all together with the gold in tsuka?  all opinions welcomed. 

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It depends. If you have relevant kogai and/or kozuka, or better a matching set of both, contemporaneous to your blade, one or two pockets could be marvelous.

 

On the other hand, if you have no such kogai and/or kozuka or only later examples, A remains a sound solution, but I am not exalted by tsuba-plugging.

 

 

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Stephen, many katana sized tsuba have ana, even if they never were intended to be used - they're just kind of a design element. I listed the "traditional" preferences already, but it's up to you, whatever floats your boat will be fine, you're assembling *your* koshirae after all, and it doesn't matter if it's a crowd pleaser. A. is usually the traditional choice, and probably would be mine as well, but I'm pretty conservative (ar least when it comes to koshirae). Less is usually more.

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Hi Stephen,

 

Your Koshirae (Tsuka and Tsuba) looks really nice.. We have all have seen many Koshirae with (both) Hitsu ana open, so it  will work…

 

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Just to reiterate what I was saying though, here are two of my Wakizashi Tsuba That have only Kozuka fitted (as is the standard for Wakizashi), but I personally would not bother fitting plugs to an antique Tsuba, simply because of the cost; I hate spend money.. LOL. Your koshirae will look great as it is… As Guido - and every one else - has stated, its your Koshirae.. We do this for 'us'.. no one else.

 

Looking forward to seeing the finished product… 

 

Barrie.

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