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Post by swordreaper on Sept 29, 2007 8:31:47 GMT
I'm thinking of wrapping my tsuka and would like to ask for opinions for what tsuka ito would go well with white same' (excluding black
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2007 8:49:22 GMT
Pretty much everything goes with White Same... Do you have a theme going with the sword? Do you want to have the same color sageo? If so then youll want to take the saya color into consideration since the same color has to match both.. My personal preference would be something like this, which is a Tea colored ito.. www.roninsupplies.com/shop_image/product/70e8e7256d8249a8d2f2e0ba57cb3969.jpg
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Post by tajima on Sept 29, 2007 9:28:33 GMT
I just love Red ito/sageo. It appeals to me for some reason.
Otherwise, I love the luxurious Royal Blue.
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Post by swordreaper on Sept 29, 2007 12:44:43 GMT
I'm acctually going for a somewhat flower theme... I bought a "seconds" tsuba (one did not turned out so well but after a few blunting, good as new) from SDK supplies and a 16' tsuka with two flower menuki and one flower kashira (they didn't offer a fuchi, so i'm lacking one)... I don't really plan on laquering my saya, going for a natural wood look... And finally i think i'll go with a gold sageo
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Post by randomnobody on Sept 30, 2007 3:52:49 GMT
...sixteen inches? That's almost outrageously long. I have one sword with a tsuka roughly 14", but as I've yet to disassemble it, for all I know I've been holding five or more inches of just wood. Not a fun idea.
Natural wood can look very nice on a saya, depending on the shade of the wood. I've seen pretty wood, I've seen ugly wood. But will you do anything at all to it? I'm not sure leaving it be is for the best, but I'm also no expert.
I'm of the opinion that clashing sageo and ito look pretty tacky, but I'm not so sure I'd want gold ito on white same. Personally, my ideal configuration is akin to the Hanwei Tori series. That shade of brown over black, to me, is very attractive. Also certain shades of red on black. But on white, well, nothing but black looks right to me. I don't know why, but any other color just looks better on black same.
At any rate, I don't suppose you have a photo or two of anything available?
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Post by swordreaper on Sept 30, 2007 9:22:54 GMT
No pictures yet... Since samurai saga from ebay doesn't ship to malaysia, i've sent it to my cousin who's in america and have yet to send me the item... I would also like to add that i bought a hand forged heat tempered bare katana blade from yuan (who's a member of this forum by the way)... He told me yesterday that the blade just arrived at his area and will be sending it over by earliest monday and latest wednesday... And i'm using this waiting time to think of a good match of tsuka ito, white same' and sageo
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