3 piece tsuba

[Lewis B]

Never seen anything like it. Unusual construction?

 

[Jesta]

Reminds me of some of the tachi tsuba that also have three pieces with overlays holding the decoration inside a tsuba with a raised mimi like this. 

[Spartancrest]

   https://romanceofmen.com/pages/oseppa-in-Japanese-katana-terminology

 

 

   Like this Kai-gunto with the more decorated pattern over a plain core  [PS. this image shows the sword was assembled wrong, as it has two O-seppa on the one side of the tsuba! ]

[cluckdaddy76]

I have a tachi style guars that fits into this category. The main base is iron and the two plates are sterling. 

[cluckdaddy76]

Here’s the plate.

[Curran]

On 9/14/2025 at 6:11 PM, Lewis B said:

Never seen anything like it. Unusual construction?

 

 

Not that unusual, but it is a particularly nice example.

[ROKUJURO]

Looks like some kind of SANMAI TSUBA.