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Post by Stef on Aug 27, 2020 14:04:53 GMT
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Post by Stef on Aug 27, 2020 14:12:36 GMT
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Post by RufusScorpius on Aug 27, 2020 14:31:53 GMT
I really like the patterned tsukaito.
Looks like Samurai liked to customize their stuff. No doubt based on their income and the fashionable trends of the day.
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Post by Stef on Aug 27, 2020 14:42:57 GMT
I really like the patterned tsukaito. Looks like Samurai liked to customize their stuff. No doubt based on their income and the fashionable trends of the day. one of my favourite things
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Post by karl j on Aug 27, 2020 15:05:17 GMT
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Post by Stef on Aug 27, 2020 15:06:58 GMT
I have a copy well worth the money I agree. I wish he did another one with more complex stuff
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2020 15:30:33 GMT
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Post by Stef on Aug 27, 2020 16:49:56 GMT
how could I forget this paper tsukamaki ... yes paper.
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Post by Dandelion on Aug 27, 2020 16:54:29 GMT
Ha - a lot of them are used in "Ghost Of Tsushima"!
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Post by Stef on Aug 27, 2020 16:56:53 GMT
Ha - a lot of them are used in "Ghost Of Tsushima"! yes!!! the swords there are not bad
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Post by paulmuaddib on Aug 27, 2020 17:29:06 GMT
Can’t be sure but the one you identify as leather looks like twine to me. Some really cool Tsukaito though. Thanks as always for posting interesting items.
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Post by Stef on Aug 27, 2020 17:29:55 GMT
Can’t be sure but the one you identify as leather looks like twine to me. Some really cool Tsukaito though. Thanks as always for posting interesting items. I am not sure either
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Post by RufusScorpius on Aug 27, 2020 18:20:08 GMT
I did in-depth research a while ago about the quality systems that katana makers used back in olden times. I researched materials and methods to some extent. What I found was interesting. Over time, only the best examples survived, so we tend to think all katanas were high quality. But the truth is far different.
Most samurai were not well off financially. In fact, many of them were very cash strapped if not downright poor. It cost a lot of money to be born into the elite class, and many simply couldn't afford the nicer things, let alone the basic equipment they were expected to provide. Quite a few would buy a second hand sword, or a "blemished" blade from the blacksmith and finish it at home. Tsukaito were made from silk primarily because silk was grown in the homes of peasants because it was an easy way to make some money- therefore silk was widely available and cheap. They also used horsehair rope, paper, animal ligaments, and some just had pig or ray skin with no ito. Naturally, a samurai with a sword like that was a laughing stock to the wealthier retainers and were treated as just a bunch of nobodies or as an embarrassment to the samurai class.
A dark underbelly to the elite samurai, but it was reality. And there were a lot more of the poor ones than the wealthy. That is why they tried so hard to please their lord- it was the fastest way to gain land, money, and status. Not everybody could be at the top.
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Post by pvsampson on Aug 27, 2020 19:58:29 GMT
The wood seems to have been carved from a single piece then slid over the tsuka.
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Post by Stef on Aug 27, 2020 21:17:14 GMT
I did in-depth research a while ago about the quality systems that katana makers used back in olden times. I researched materials and methods to some extent. What I found was interesting. Over time, only the best examples survived, so we tend to think all katanas were high quality. But the truth is far different. Most samurai were not well off financially. In fact, many of them were very cash strapped if not downright poor. It cost a lot of money to be born into the elite class, and many simply couldn't afford the nicer things, let alone the basic equipment they were expected to provide. Quite a few would buy a second hand sword, or a "blemished" blade from the blacksmith and finish it at home. Tsukaito were made from silk primarily because silk was grown in the homes of peasants because it was an easy way to make some money- therefore silk was widely available and cheap. They also used horsehair rope, paper, animal ligaments, and some just had pig or ray skin with no ito. Naturally, a samurai with a sword like that was a laughing stock to the wealthier retainers and were treated as just a bunch of nobodies or as an embarrassment to the samurai class. A dark underbelly to the elite samurai, but it was reality. And there were a lot more of the poor ones than the wealthy. That is why they tried so hard to please their lord- it was the fastest way to gain land, money, and status. Not everybody could be at the top. do you have the source for the pig skin tsuka ? what you say is true there is a term for hobbyist that did things at home but I do not recall , also in times of war samurai would take what they wanted from the field thus the salvaging of chipped blades and reshaping of them.
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Post by Stef on Aug 27, 2020 21:17:56 GMT
The wood seems to have been carved from a single piece then slid over the tsuka. it is baffling to think how precise it must be
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Post by pvsampson on Aug 27, 2020 23:44:57 GMT
The wood seems to have been carved from a single piece then slid over the tsuka. it is baffling to think how precise it must be Would have been tedious. Bore a hole then file,check fit,file,check and repeat then carve the design. Getting the menuki under there would be quite an achievement in itself.
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Post by tensho on Aug 29, 2020 3:38:09 GMT
I did in-depth research a while ago about the quality systems that katana makers used back in olden times. I researched materials and methods to some extent. What I found was interesting. Over time, only the best examples survived, so we tend to think all katanas were high quality. But the truth is far different. Samurai were not the only ones who could own swords/weapons. Before the sword hunt of 1588 Farmers/peasants owned weapons. And even after the laws were not exactly followed all over. Everyone likes to think the Samurai class were the only ones on the battlefield. Your main soldiers were Ashigaru who were the farmers(who tended the land of the samurai) peasants and paid mercenaries.
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Aug 29, 2020 8:49:21 GMT
Wilsonmaki:
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Post by Stef on Aug 29, 2020 9:22:49 GMT
Wilsonmaki: joker
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