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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2012 19:51:41 GMT
So I just got a cheap china sword (I'll post more about it in the beginners forum later), and everything appeared to be good until I noticed the tsuba was upside down! :? not giving it much thought I (thinking it was just put on upside-down) quickly disassembled the sword, but then I realized the tsuba was cut out upside down (that's what you get when you buy from china) so can I fix this? I was thinking about drilling it out so it fits right side up, then adding some flat copper, or a spacer to stop it from rattling. would that be a bad idea? should I just leave it as is? here is a pic of the tsuba. www.shelterdist.com/product/W4114/Hand-made-Forged-Bushidos-Samurai-Sword-Damascus-Blade.htmlthanks for your help, the N00B
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Post by ineffableone on Mar 26, 2012 22:06:01 GMT
How is the picture in orientation to the edge? The way the picture in the tsuba should face is so it is looking right side up while in your belt/obi, this means while the edge is up. So when your holding the sword the picture would then face down. See the picture bellow and how the picture in the tsuba looks right side up when the blade it facing up, if this is the orientation of your tsuba then it is correct. If the image is upside down from your edge then yes it is upside down and you either should get another tsuba to replace it, or you could try remaking the nakago ana and filling in the gaps though I would suggest not using a sword for any cutting if you do this.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2012 0:24:05 GMT
Thank you so much! I guess they made it right after all . I'm new to the whole world of swords, and I assumed (not the smartest of my assumptions) that the tsuba image would be facing up while in use. I guess you learn something new every day. thanks again. the N00B
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Post by lamebmx on Mar 27, 2012 1:36:58 GMT
Nope, its all about the appearance of the katana when worn at the hip edge up. The start of the wrap, the nodes of the samegawa and the more asthetic final knot all face the outside for others to see when worn properly. Kinda makes sense since thats how it is seen 90% of the time, plus the last thing on anyones mind facing the blade is how the tsuba looks.
Though it does make me wonder, since you would not normally see the edge side of the tsuba when worn, why didnt that flip that side around?
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