mokume gane kozuka

[Kurikata]

Hi , I would like to know if you have mokume gane tosogu in your collections. I have just purchased a kozuka made with this design of mixed metals. Is it rare as I do not see so many tsuba and kozuka made under this technic?

 

Thank you

 

Bruno

[Ken-Hawaii]

Yes, but only for tsuba. Never seen a kozuka with that lovely pattern. Good find!

[Kurikata]

Ken , do you have pictures of these Tsuba?

[nagamaki - Franco]

At some point, years ago now, I considered buying a mokume gane kozuka. If memory serves, what triggered an interest at the time was an article written about how they are made and (I think) a contemporary maker. Sorry, I cannot recall where the article was published/posted. Perhaps someone with a clearer memory can remember more detail about the article which may be of interest. 

[EdWolf]

Hi Bruno,

 

That's an very nice kozuka. Mokume gane is a very interesting technique. I have a wakizashi with a fuchi kashira made in mokume gane. You can find the link here.

 

http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/29901-interesting-fuchi-kashira/

 

It this post there is also so to the following site for more information about mokume gane.

 

https://www.mokumegane.org/e/news.html

 

Regards, Ed

[rkg]

There's a book on mokume gane:

 

https://www.amazon.com/Textbook-Mokume-gane-Masaki-Takahashi/dp/4990498216/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=mokume+gane&qid=1584117466&s=books&sr=1-1

 

Best,

rkg

(Richard George)

[Ken-Hawaii]

 

Ken , do you have pictures of these Tsuba?

Bruno, sorry that I missed your post by a couple of days. Here are a couple of my Mokume tsuba:

 

[Kurikata]

Thanks to Sebastien, I go this exemple from the Compton Collection which is excellent in skills and feeling.