I stumbled upon the original video a few months ago and find myself rewatching it a multiple times to admire the wrap style, which I’ve never heard of. I would love a sword with a tsuka like that one day!
Unreal how much effort goes into making one sword, I would almost be scared to train with it out of worry of dirtying up that beautiful wrapping. I bought a discounted chinese produced sword with some blade and handle wrapping imperfections, and after a while the tsuka-maki started to become too lose to use and the wrapping turned gray from use. So I had a go at rewrapping the handle, and I washed and chose to dye the ito so it was a nice deep black again. It took me all day to rewrap just one handle, and making sure its wrapped tightly, and that the diamonds are uniform is so difficult and gives me a huge appreciation for the artisans and craftsmen that make these swords and wrap the handles. Hoping to do another in the future with katate maki too :). I've watched a similar vid about the process of making a yumi too, unbelievable dedication. I bet his dad is extremely proud of him and his hard work.
I like how they didn't even try to show how they tie the ito to the kashira. They're just like, there it is! When it comes to folding and tying the Japanese are unrivaled.
wow that is amazing....i can only wish.......i appreciate the fine work thank you for this now i am going to try to put my dam ninja sword back together ...lol
Edo Jidai quality. I put new samegawa and ito(synthetic silk?) on my kokatana recently. I spent several hours making hishigami as described by cottontail customs, which came out great. But without resin gum to give it grip they slid around under the ito making the grip very difficult to get it tight enough. I bailed on the hishigami this time. Maybe next time. Not a job I'd want to do full time.
Due to an inury, I am to switching to Iaido from BJJ (after earning a brown belt) and want a really nice katana (i.e., shinken). I'm willing to spend up to $2,000. Can someone guide me on where to go to get one? (I know the sky is the limit.) I've already ordered a quality Iaito for practice.
Wrapping swords has always been fascinating to me
I stumbled upon the original video a few months ago and find myself rewatching it a multiple times to admire the wrap style, which I’ve never heard of. I would love a sword with a tsuka like that one day!
Unreal how much effort goes into making one sword, I would almost be scared to train with it out of worry of dirtying up that beautiful wrapping. I bought a discounted chinese produced sword with some blade and handle wrapping imperfections, and after a while the tsuka-maki started to become too lose to use and the wrapping turned gray from use. So I had a go at rewrapping the handle, and I washed and chose to dye the ito so it was a nice deep black again. It took me all day to rewrap just one handle, and making sure its wrapped tightly, and that the diamonds are uniform is so difficult and gives me a huge appreciation for the artisans and craftsmen that make these swords and wrap the handles. Hoping to do another in the future with katate maki too :). I've watched a similar vid about the process of making a yumi too, unbelievable dedication. I bet his dad is extremely proud of him and his hard work.
I really enjoyed this! You should consider doing more of these that are related to Budo; exposing us to all the art that's related to the Bujinkan.
Thank you!
This is quite interesting to see and a good educational video. Thank you sir for helping us all learn about this amazing work.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I like how they didn't even try to show how they tie the ito to the kashira. They're just like, there it is! When it comes to folding and tying the Japanese are unrivaled.
That was truly awesome 🥷🏻
Thanks for sharing!!! Very informative
You are so welcome!
If you never fail you just aren't trying hard enough.
wow that is amazing....i can only wish.......i appreciate the fine work thank you for this now i am going to try to put my dam ninja sword back together ...lol
You can do it!
Edo Jidai quality. I put new samegawa and ito(synthetic silk?) on my kokatana recently. I spent several hours making hishigami as described by cottontail customs, which came out great. But without resin gum to give it grip they slid around under the ito making the grip very difficult to get it tight enough. I bailed on the hishigami this time. Maybe next time. Not a job I'd want to do full time.
Sounds like a fun project!
Due to an inury, I am to switching to Iaido from BJJ (after earning a brown belt) and want a really nice katana (i.e., shinken).
I'm willing to spend up to $2,000. Can someone guide me on where to go to get one? (I know the sky is the limit.)
I've already ordered a quality Iaito for practice.
Would it be reasonable to buy a quality Chinese-forged blade, then upgrade it by adding these sorts of quality handles, tsuba, etc?