Older fittings, sheaths handles

[Steffieeee]

Does anyone have any examples of old hilts, fittings that would have been used muromachi and earlier. I think the style of handle was very different but it's really hard to see any examples of originals. Old fuschi , i guess they are extremely rare because of the successive remounting of these things through the generations

[Pete Klein]

This is the finest source:

 

http://www.japaneseswordbooksandtsuba.com/store/books/b734-uchigatana-koshirae-translation-tokyo-national-museum

 

and this is for very early:

 

http://www.japaneseswordbooksandtsuba.com/store/books/c264-kin-no-tachi-gin-no-tachi

[rkg]

OK, how about this - Nambokucho period tsuka, seppa, and habaki...  Note that the big seppa are deformed because there was a nerikawa tsuba on the piece and the leather apparently swelled before it came apart/disintegrated:

 

 

I have more images, but not the time to post process them (better).

 

I've posted tachi tsuba, nerikawa tsuba,etc. before...

 

Best,

rkg

(Richard George)

[Steffieeee]

Extremely cool ty for posting ????

[Guido]

OK, how about this - Nambokucho period tsuka, ...  

 

Interesting, that's almost identical to the one I posted 2 1/2 years ago: http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/21438-regular-samurai-koto-koshirae/?hl=tsuka&do=findComment&comment=220811

[Steffieeee]

The same surely

[O-Midare]

Here is a fairly old one (Kamakura era). Apparently the silk on the saya is original.

Edited November 28, 2019 by O-Midare

[Steffieeee]

amazing. shame no pic of the pommel ( unsure of Japanese word). 

[O-Midare]

Here is the Kashira (pommel) for you.

[Steffieeee]

Very nice. So I've only just realised that all those ww2 and similar military mounts are directly copying these very early sword mounts. The end cap of the kashira with the ring through the hole etc

[vajo]

Very nice. So I've only just realised that all those ww2 and similar military mounts are directly copying these very early sword mounts. The end cap of the kashira with the ring through the hole etc

 

Yes, it is well know that they decide to take the design from older times.

[Steffieeee]

Yes, it is well know that they decide to take the design from older times.