takakage Posted February 1, 2014 Report Posted February 1, 2014 I have never seen that before.......... see the last picture. http://www.samuraishokai.jp/sword/13327.html Quote
Stephen Posted February 1, 2014 Report Posted February 1, 2014 Pat That is a first for me as well, and theese old eyes have seen a lot. Thank you for shareing, great looking wak as well. Quote
Brian Posted February 1, 2014 Report Posted February 1, 2014 For fitting a sword into an existing, larger tsuka? Innovative. Wartime adaptation? Brian Quote
Dave R Posted February 1, 2014 Report Posted February 1, 2014 Thank you for posting this, fascinating and useful. Quote
b.hennick Posted February 1, 2014 Report Posted February 1, 2014 I saw a similar thing on a blade on Aoi Arts. Basically designed to lengthen the tang. Seems to work too! Quote
george trotter Posted February 2, 2014 Report Posted February 2, 2014 I've never seen an "extension" before either. Nice also that they kept the wartime fittings with the sword, thus keeping it in its historical context. Regards, Quote
Geraint Posted February 2, 2014 Report Posted February 2, 2014 From memory there is a sword in the Boston Museum catalogue with a similar copper extension, I beleive the suggestion was that it would make a short nakago less likely to snap the tsuka in action when a longer tsuka had been used.......... Quote
Dr Fox Posted February 2, 2014 Report Posted February 2, 2014 The ana on both nakago and extension align! So would they be pinned together by a fixing of some sort? If so would the tsuka be channeled to allow for any peg protrusion? Quote
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