hoitomt1 Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 Are there any examples of brass being used as sekigane in tsuba? Would it work or should i use copper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauroP Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 The higher the percentage of zinc in brass, the harder the alloy (and so less apt for sekigane). I suppose that brass with low-content in zinc could be good for sekigane, but all iron tsuba I have in my collection have dark reddish sekigane, so more probably made of copper/yamagane. But I'm not a metallurgist... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkg Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 you might as well use copper or silver. As an aside, does anybody use copper pennies (if you're us based) for this, or do you scare up pure copper or yamagane? (not that I'm suggesting defacing US currency as that would be illegal, but...) Best, rkg (Richard George) 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROKUJURO Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 Richard, why would someone use pennies when soft copper is available? Pennies are probaly made of a copper alloy to make them harder. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanoNox Posted March 24 Report Share Posted March 24 Brass was also considered a luxury metal, besides being harder than copper, so more likely to be on the visible zones of the tsuba. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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