Finding a koshira for the blade

[ShuShinKan]

Hi all,

I plan to buy a chiisa katana. (the one from my first thread (?Tadamitsu))

Comes in shirasaya.

I actually wonder if there is a reasonable possibility to find a fitting koshirae for it or should the mounting better be made new? Or is it meaningfull to collect some fittings and put them together or, or, or.

The blade is quite cheap so there is no idea to spend $3t.

Well I am new and unexperienced, please give feedback and advice.

[nagamaki - Franco]

hello, wisdom suggests, "buy the sword for the sword" and "buy the fittings for the fittings". Unfortunatley, there is no simple answer unless you can afford to buy an original set.

[Grey Doffin]

It won't be possible to find a koshirae that fits the blade. You can buy a koshirae so you'll have an example of each, sword and koshirae. You can buy the pieces for a koshirae: menuki, fuchi & kashira, tsuba, and have koshirae made to fit the blade. Or you can skip the Tadamitsu and look for a blade with koshirae if that's what you want. This would be the easiest and maybe the least expensive option also.

You have to decide what works for you.

Grey

[Jean]

It is not worth having a Koshirae made. Think that at the end of the day, the Koshirae cost can equal the blade's one....

[ShuShinKan]

Hello fellows,

thanks for all the replies (and for putting me back on reality again...)