Ooitame Posted June 20 Report Posted June 20 Hi all, I have a type 93/100 RS... with the lacquered tsuka-ito cord. It is loose in one spot, is it possible to re use or would leather strips underneath be the answer? Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted June 21 Report Posted June 21 By loose, do you mean the wrap, and pattern, are still in place but it's just gotten loose? Picture might help. Quote
Ooitame Posted June 21 Author Report Posted June 21 @Bruce Pennington wrap and patter are fine just has some movement to it about two inches in legth. Will see if I can get some pics. 1 Quote
Ooitame Posted June 30 Author Report Posted June 30 @Bruce Pennington apologizes for the delay. The top moves slightly a few mm but stays together because of the lacquer. The bottom has more movment and you can see a before and after gap of about 2 credit cards in width and 1 in lift/height. The bottom might be caused by the mekugi pin stretching overtime... P.S. tw9 mekgui pins each one inserted on a different side, one Katana and on Tachi. Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted June 30 Report Posted June 30 I have often heard that the tsuka wood can dry out and shrink over the decades. Maybe this is what happened in this case? What about the idea of folding small pieces of paper to stuff underneath the loose places? Side question: Is this on your Nagamitsu blade I have on file? 1 Quote
Ooitame Posted June 30 Author Report Posted June 30 I will try some small pieces of paper, yes this my Nagamitsu in your files. 1 Quote
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