Technique Used On Kogai

[Ron STL]

Apologies up front for asking help on this, but I've been unable to find what technique was used on a kogai. As long as I've been collecting I still have not found a good list of techniques used on fittings, a combo of both the kanji for the technique and its English name. Besides this translation...I'm curious what source for this information is recommended? Ron STL

[Peter Bleed]

Ron,

You are the kind of guy who only asks hard questions. I think I have translated these kanji, but I have NO IDEA what they mean.

I think those kanji read

URA-ITA kane

Look at Nelson 327

And it seems that ura-ita means roof boards or ceiling.

Good luck!

Peter

[John A Stuart]

Doesn't 裹板金 tsutsumi itagane mean a complete or full metal plate. John

[Peter Bleed]

Put John's kanji in google translate and see what you get. My, my!

Peter

[Ron STL]

Thanks guys. John's reading makes sense, considering this refers to a kogai. Peter, I actually managed to get a few things figured out yesterday using Nelson's, an accomplishment for this old midwesterner. A post of mine online about this kogai has been interesting. Motif is of a stingray's stinger (spine), apparently made into a spear. Taken from an Edo book of unusual tales, so it seems. Will post a photo here FYI. Kogai signed by Takahashi Masatsugu (kao). Meanwhile, thanks again for the translation. Ron STL