Geraint Posted July 25, 2021 Report Posted July 25, 2021 Ooooohhhh!.. That would upset me every time I used them. All the best. 1 Quote
Spartancrest Posted July 25, 2021 Report Posted July 25, 2021 Tembo temper tantrum I don't believe it was a Japanese idea to 'recycle' tsuba this way. The 'Edwardians' had some bad ideas. From: 'Japanese Art Metal-work, The Tsuba.' pub. 1904 "To the repousse metal-worker we might point out that some of these sword-guards, with hardly any alteration, would serve admirably as lock-plates for drawers or cabinets". Quote
GRC Posted July 28, 2021 Report Posted July 28, 2021 A family member keeps telling me I should use a tsuba as a decorative key plate for the front door... I think I'll pass on that option, but it would probably look pretty awesome 1 Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted July 28, 2021 Report Posted July 28, 2021 A (spare?) tsuba was sometimes used as a Netsuke, i.e. it could anchor anything you might want to hang from your obi. The holes were useful that way. Recently offered at auction I found a tsuba in an old drawer of bits and bobs. It had a braided string tied in a complicated series of knots encompassing the nakago and both hitsu ana, hiding the surface features. No-one really bothered to bid. I won, took it home and removed the hardened stringing. Not a bad tsuba underneath, iron, takabori design, and fairly large! "Used, but never abused." 8.5 x 8.0 cm 1 Quote
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