Pete Klein Posted September 11, 2015 Author Report Posted September 11, 2015 Hi Peter -- yes, thank you. I noticed that early this morning but I didn't want to distract from the WW II mano y mano... Quote
george trotter Posted September 12, 2015 Report Posted September 12, 2015 Here is a sword made in 1944 and mounted in Type 3 koshirae (custom made with lacquered gangi-maki binding). You can see the proportion of blade (62.1 cm) to nakago (19.5 cm) which makes the proportion of the blade to nakago as approx. 3 : 1. Nakago is with kinae/shinobi ana at extreme end of jiri. Main mekugi is a metal screw and second mekugi is bamboo. Each mekugi enters from opposite sides, Tsuka is 25.5 cm, so I would be interested in comment from our trained swordsmen about these blade/nakago/tsuka proportions in terms of being a good combat sword for infantry. Also their opinion of the effectiveness (compared with the Type 98 mounts) of having this length nakago, the kinae/shinobi ana and the lacquered gangi-maki as shown here. Regards, Quote
manfrommagnum Posted September 19, 2015 Report Posted September 19, 2015 One thing is for sure. If you change your tsuka with someone else's and the fit is not so good, adding a second mekugi would add stability and stiffness until you got proper repair. I imagine no samurai wanted to leave battle over a split tsuka or give up their trusted sword for another battlefield pickup. Maybe that would make as much sense as anything else? Just guessing. ... Michael Quote
b.hennick Posted September 19, 2015 Report Posted September 19, 2015 How would the samurai drill or punch the hole needed for the second peg? Quote
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