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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2010 18:38:45 GMT
So, i am customising a sword, and needed a new tsuba tsuba for it. Here it is. bugei.com/product_517_detailed.htmIt's made so it look nice and antique, This thing is actually nice and heavy. The only problem is the Nakago-ana (or what it's called. Is very big, bigger then i have ever seen them before, so it doesn't really fit the Nakago, i thing i'll do tom (pack to the bone) on this thing with aluminium foil, to make it fit just perfect. It took a looooooong time to get it from Bugei, but i was inform't of this when i ordered, they have to get it made from the supplier, always nice to know that it comes right from the maker right
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2010 18:40:28 GMT
Very nice.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2010 22:18:02 GMT
105 $ for that looks more like those 10$ tsubas from ebay...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2010 23:09:46 GMT
Well, it's the same as on Lohmann's page, so, it might look like an Ebay to you, but, it's doesn't look or feel like one when you have it in your hand
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Post by Tom K. (ianflaer) on Jun 10, 2010 5:04:34 GMT
wow that nakago ana (I think that IS the right term) is HUUUUUGE! I think you could blow on it and get a note. other than that it is beautiful, doesn't look ebay to me, no sir.
my suggestion is to take a bit of copper pipe and mash it on there. follow Marc Ridgeway's wonderful tutorial on curing lateral tsuba play. it is stickied in the japanese sword forum. I've used that method several times to great effect. don't use foil man it will compress and rip and just be a mess and it won't have the same harmonic qualities as if you used something more solid like a hunk of copper.
good luck, whatever blade (yaiba) you put that on is gonna have some sexy duds.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2010 7:37:54 GMT
105 plus s&h? no sir not me... for that?
Anyway, thats my opinion...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2010 11:21:10 GMT
I love going to bugei and lohman sites and looking at the tsuba, but for those prices, i'd have to save and save. Granted, good stuff costs more. All steel right?
They have this one called "Ducks and Reeds" that I always want. Not even sure why, just looks cool.
Nice tsuba.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2010 18:15:17 GMT
It's naturally patinated low carbon steel, and looks like a traditional japanese tsuba. It has a lot more work put into it than a die cut and painted steel tsuba, so of course it costs more. I have both a very good Bugei copy from China and a Bugei tsuba, and the difference in surface and detail is obvious.
I believe the nakago size is because the original had a very wide blade. Seems the only place it's supposed to in contact with the blade is on the ha and mune side. I use a leather strip I cut to size and soak with super glue just before fitting the tsuba on the blade, and it's just as good as copper.
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