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Post by junesbanunes on Feb 22, 2022 9:56:26 GMT
Looks wood enough to me on my student sword's sheath.
That's plastic. That just looks like the koiguchi to me, you can even see the line where the koiguchi ends and the body of the saya starts. Traditionally koiguchi is horn and I can't tell from the picture but wouldn't be overly supprised if they used plastic. I however doubt the entire saya is this material.
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Post by treeslicer on Feb 22, 2022 10:23:47 GMT
That's plastic. That just looks like the koiguchi to me, you can even see the line where the koiguchi ends and the body of the saya starts. Traditionally koiguchi is horn and I can't tell from the picture but wouldn't be overly supprised if they used plastic. I however doubt the entire saya is this material. I've since reversed myself on this. What got me confused was the use of a plastic ring to reinforce the koiguchi area on Chinese-made saya, instead of the original Japanese practice that uses a horn plate with a cutout around the hole which the blade slides into. The original method leaves a very narrow collar of wood next to the blade, instead of having the wide exposure as shown in your photo.
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Post by treeslicer on Feb 22, 2022 10:26:37 GMT
Somebody somewhere has to have a busted one. I don't have any to spare right now, or I'd take a crack at it. Looks wood enough to me on my student sword's sheath. Turns out that you were right, and I was wrong. End of story.
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