Shuko Posted April 18 Report Share Posted April 18 Can anyone enlighten me on the shape or style of this tsuba and the approximate era ? Just bought it because of it's shape and if I am lucky it will fit one of my yorio toshi. Thanks in advance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nobody Posted April 18 Report Share Posted April 18 I think that the design is a spool. Your tsuba may be a cutout of a tsuba looks like below. Ref. Iron sukashi tsuba - wild geese and fishing net(?) Opinions please. - Tosogu - Nihonto Message Board (militaria.co.za) 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROKUJURO Posted April 18 Report Share Posted April 18 3 hours ago, Shuko said: .....Just bought it because of it's shape and if I am lucky it will fit one of my yorio toshi..... If you meant YOROI-DOSHI, they usually have a thickness of 9 mm or more, so the NAKAGO-ANA of this TSUBA will perhaps not fit. The design is called ITO-MAKI in Japanese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuko Posted April 18 Author Report Share Posted April 18 1 hour ago, ROKUJURO said: If you meant YOROI-DOSHI, they usually have a thickness of 9 mm or more, so the NAKAGO-ANA of this TSUBA will perhaps not fit. The design is called ITO-MAKI in Japanese. Thanks for the information Jean, and yes I did mean yoroi doshi. Will measure this tsuba when it arrives and see what fits as I have a few tanto with motokasane from 6 mm to 9 mm. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuko Posted Thursday at 10:35 AM Author Report Share Posted Thursday at 10:35 AM The tsuba has been made from cutting it out of a large katana tsuba (damaged ?). On one outer side I can see the cutting marks and it is uneven. The only sword it fits is a very large katana but it looks stupid. The nakago-ana is too big for any tanto or normal wakizashi or slender katana. The Japanese seller made an honest mistake in describing it as a tanto tsuba purely based on its diameter and I didn't notice the plastic ruler across the whole tsuba which did indicate it had a large nakago-ana. The seller offered me a refund or discount but as this was a cheap tsuba I didn't worry as I intend to buy more later on. So we both had a tsuba lesson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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