Popular Post Manuel Coden Posted June 22 Popular Post Report Posted June 22 I'm happy to announce that my Yagyu utsushi tsuba ranked Nyusen 4th in this year's NBTHK contest. Despite being ranked lower than last year it's still a positive result. 8 11 Quote
thutson Posted June 22 Report Posted June 22 Congratulations, it looks like a impressive tsuba. 1 Quote
MauroP Posted June 22 Report Posted June 22 Wow, Manuel, now I'm far less sure I could tell an old Yagyū from a modern utsushi... 1 1 Quote
Manuel Coden Posted June 22 Author Report Posted June 22 Thank you guys 🙂 30 minutes ago, MauroP said: Wow, Manuel, now I'm far less sure I could tell an old Yagyū from a modern utsushi... Still not there yet, but getting closer 😄 2 1 Quote
GRC Posted June 22 Report Posted June 22 Wow Manuel @Manuel Coden, Great utsushi for starters, plus your patination is excellent, and how on Earth did you mange to get that long rib along the face of the mimi? The answer to that last question might shed some light on a number of discussions floating around this message board that never get a straight answer other than conjecture. Congrats! After seeing this one, it now makes me wonder what #1,2 & 3 look like! 3 Quote
Manuel Coden Posted June 22 Author Report Posted June 22 32 minutes ago, GRC said: Wow Manuel @Manuel Coden, Great utsushi for starters, plus your patination is excellent, and how on Earth did you mange to get that long rib along the face of the mimi? The answer to that last question might shed some light on a number of discussions floating around this message board that never get a straight answer other than conjecture. Congrats! After seeing this one, it now makes me wonder what #1,2 & 3 look like! Thank you, it took me many years of experiments and studying good quality tsuba to figure out how to reproduce tekkotsu on my works,which is now one of my trademarks together with texture and patina, so I'd rather keep it for myself for the moment, probably in the future (when I'm famous enough 😂) I'll post an article about what is tekkotsu and how they appear according to my experience. I'm only 4th Nyusen you should wonder how the First prizes look like 😄 I will go to Japan at both the study session and the ceremony, so if you guys like I'll post the awarded works here 3 5 Quote
Manuel Coden Posted June 22 Author Report Posted June 22 Here's also a video in sunlight that shows the patina and the engraving better https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IZBWxKms-XeEPxmkI7JKiWbH4DQ0gMWp/view?usp=drivesdk 2 1 1 Quote
Gunome Posted June 22 Report Posted June 22 Congratulation Manuel Great job and well done for the prize ! I agree with you, despite a lower rank than last year, it's still a positive result ! 1 Quote
Manuel Coden Posted June 23 Author Report Posted June 23 Thank you again! Today NBTHK published the results, I was the only non Japanese resident and the first of foreigners in the metalworking category, Jeff Broderick was the only other one and ranked Nyusen 7th. In light of this I'm fairly satisfied with the result, especially the competition seems to have been on a pretty high level this year. Here's the results in both Japanese and English (translated with AI) 2026年度現代刀職展「研磨・刀身彫・彫金・外装の部」審査結果一覧.pdf NBTHK Contest 2026.pdf 1 1 1 Quote
Soshin Posted June 24 Report Posted June 24 Very nice, congratulations! My Yagyū Seigōryū battō training sword has a Yagyū Utsushi made by @Manuel Coden back in 2020. 3 Quote
MassiveMoonHeh Posted June 25 Report Posted June 25 What a result! The piece is just fantastic - Incredible skill and artistry. Well done, well deserved! 4 Quote
Manuel Coden Posted August 23 Author Report Posted August 23 Video interview with the talented Sandro Furzi, who covered my attendance at the award ceremony for the NBTHK 2026 contest. You can turn on captions with automated translation if you can't understand Italian. 4 2 1 Quote
Hokke Posted August 23 Report Posted August 23 Well done sir, continued recognition for your work in such a specialized field must be quite exciting, congratulations On a separate note, I noticed your tsuba lapel pin. Did you have it made or was it received as a gift. 1 Quote
Manuel Coden Posted August 23 Author Report Posted August 23 24 minutes ago, Hokke said: Well done sir, continued recognition for your work in such a specialized field must be quite exciting, congratulations On a separate note, I noticed your tsuba lapel pin. Did you have it made or was it received as a gift. Thank you, i'm working to always improve and to carry on this tradition. The pin is actually the logo of the Italian sword association INTK, it's gifted to all the new members that join it. 1 Quote
GRC Posted August 23 Report Posted August 23 Outstanding Manuel! Congratulations again on the construction and finish of this tsuba I'm sure there's many more creations of yours we can look forward to seeing in the future 1 Quote
Manuel Coden Posted Tuesday at 07:12 PM Author Report Posted Tuesday at 07:12 PM Now that the tsuba is back I took some more pictures using a better camera 1 1 Quote
Dan tsuba Posted Tuesday at 08:54 PM Report Posted Tuesday at 08:54 PM Hey Manuel, Looks like cast iron to me! No, just messing with you! What a beautiful tsuba! Congratulations! How long does it take you to make such a beautiful piece? Quote
Manuel Coden Posted Wednesday at 03:59 AM Author Report Posted Wednesday at 03:59 AM Thank you, I don't usually count hours when I work, but for sure several weekends of work 🙂 Btw the tsuba is up for grabs if anyone is interested Quote
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