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Post by william m on May 21, 2011 17:33:14 GMT
Hi all, I bought a good number of these kozuka at an arms fair a while back. They are cheaper than regular kozuka so I bought a load! Interesting little pieces, they have plenty of history as around the 1880's, with the decline of the samurai class the craftsmen involved with swords had to quickly adapt their talents as demand massively dropped. These modified kozuka are the result of such changes and were converted into dining knives for europeans who craved the exotic. Fasinating though they are, I have decided to unmount a few of them and put them to use in my nihonto! The blades are pretty nice and I think may be silver plated. Seems a shame to have them now sitting around idle. If you can think of a use for them, let me know! It is fairly easy to unmount them. Soak the kozuka in really hot water for 10 mins or so, every now and then testing the blade and gradually working it out. Sadly the little blades to fit in them (Kokatana) seem to be even rarer than the wild purple dotted unicorn , so I am having to use stiff bits of rattan for the moment. The glue is old old horse glue and is pretty awful both in smell and consistancy, it takes a while to scrape this out of the kozuka. The other kozuka Anyways, below are a few pics of how I went about it. The original piece Hot water! The blade is finally released A piece of rattan or whatever I have to hand. Apparently lollypop sticks are very good mmmm, looking sexy!
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Post by shoboshi on May 21, 2011 20:41:56 GMT
Nice!
And a nice find.
I think you need to sell me the top one with the ponies on it. I've got an antique wak tsuba it would match up with. PM me if interested.
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Post by william m on May 21, 2011 23:00:01 GMT
Hehe, sorry Shoboshi but as I did this a while ago I have long since sold off the pony kozuka to somebody who was equally as crazy for uma themed fittings.
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