Alloy or Iron??

[AZPhil]

Hello to all

I have a Nagamori Uchigatana from the Bungo region in the Bunmei time frame that does not have a Tsuba. I did a little research and it seems that at this time frame they used both iron and soft metal alloy's(brass,copper, combo's).

Does anybody know what type of tsuba would have been on this Ito?

Or what School was in that area?

 

In short.

What should I look for?

 

Thanks

[Bungo]

" Bunmei time frame " put it around 1470's.

Depending on your taste, I'd think Tosho/katushi ( spelling ? , the armour maker ) or anything ko ( as in Ko-kinko, ko-shoami ) should fit the bill

 

milt

[AZPhil]

Thank you