Garrett Petrie

Toryu2020, Thanks a whole bunch! I followed the link and took a cursory look at the page. I think I'll have to go back when I have more time. I appreciate your time.

Ok.. Well I tried. This is a very interesting place to poke around in. But I still haven't learned anything more about the sword I posted pictures of... I do appreciate the time a couple of your have taken to try and help me out though. Regards

Greetings I'm interested in learning tsukamaki. I wish to apply any knowledge I gain, towards making my own tsuka. Does anyone here have good recommendations for books or videos, or any other resources, that might help? Thanks for any input. Have a great day. Garrett Petrie

https://photos.app.goo.gl/3QzyDVb7zxpkUNUc6

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I don't know how to post images, as a link to a file on a different server. I don't want to bog down this server with too many images. Please be patient with me, as I figure all this stuff out... In the meantime, this is a far better image of the nakago. I think the kanji is far more legible. Thanks again

Apparently not... I'll attempt to locate some assistance on my end, and get back to you. Thanks for your patience.

"one file was greater than 2.93MB and was skipped"... The photo I attempted to share is 4.7MB... Regrettably, I'm not too savvy with computers and I'm trying to do this from my cellphone..m

I will try... I haven't had too much luck sharing pictures to this forum, so far. File size too large, apparently... But here goes.

Good morning, Thank you, glad to be here. I regret that I could not be involved with the care of this blade, from the time it left Japan (I would not be born until a few decades later) I assure you, however, that I had absolutely nothing to do with cleaning the nakago. I'm a complete newbie, but at least I know better than that. 🙂 Unfortunately, the sword was abused a bit. It's edge is chipped, and there is also ample rust all along the full length of the blade. The koshirae is all there (or at least mostly there) but is in very poor condition. Kashira is horn, with gold shitodome, and fuchi is copper. White samegawa (maybe originally applied in pieces, or has broken into separate sections over the years) is wrapped in ito I can't identify with certainly, but maybe cotton (?). The menuki are bronze, and I am not certain what they are representing. The tsuba is iron, and relatively plain. It has had copper shims(?) applied, so maybe was originally on a different blade? It's just a basic round tsuba, with very limited engraving. The saya was lacquered with splintered bamboo and tiny chips of shell/pearl added. The saya is missing the koiguchi, and the kurigata. The saya's glue let go some time ago and it's in two separate pieces now. It appears as if it was inlet for a secondary blade, on the ura side, but I never even saw that and it's long gone now either way. My father recalled it being in pristine condition. Apparently, it was a beautiful sword when he first saw it as a small child. I am completely out of my depth, but I would be greatly fulfilled if I were able to see it restored to it's former glory. I believe a logical first step is to attempt to find out what it is I'm working with. I sincerely appreciate the time and effort that you have put into helping me with this critical aspect of the process. My most humble and heartfelt thanks. Have a great day

Greetings, I'm unsure of how this all works, but I have a question, and I don't know how complicated it is... I have just inherited an older Japanese sword, a wakizashi (I believe is what it's properly called), that my Grandfather brought back from Japan in WWII. I would like to know more about it. Any assistance is appreciated. Thanks in advance for your time and attention to my query. Have a great day G. D. Petrie