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Post by novak77 on Aug 18, 2021 0:05:50 GMT
I wonder how much personalization the average swordsman had available to them "back in the day." Maybe many had to adjust themselves to match the sword they were given/inherited rather than the other way around? Just speculating. I was talking to Mr. Black about changing Koshirae around. He said some people would have multiple sets, one for walking around, one for when your Daimyo called you up, then your shirasaya for when you got home. Additionally it wasn't uncommon to have a sword refit for a son, but you'd still keep your fathers koshirae. I would venture a guess that at the very least, you'd get the tsuka fitted to your liking when you procured a new sword. Cheers |
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Post by MichaelRS on Aug 18, 2021 18:48:59 GMT
I wonder how much personalization the average swordsman had available to them "back in the day." Maybe many had to adjust themselves to match the sword they were given/inherited rather than the other way around? Just speculating. I was talking to Mr. Black about changing Koshirae around. He said some people would have multiple sets, one for walking around, one for when your Daimyo called you up, then your shirasaya for when you got home. Additionally it wasn't uncommon to have a sword refit for a son, but you'd still keep your fathers koshirae. I would venture a guess that at the very least, you'd get the tsuka fitted to your liking when you procured a new sword. Cheers Related info.: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_sword_mountings |
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Post by novak77 on Aug 18, 2021 23:04:51 GMT
I was talking to Mr. Black about changing Koshirae around. He said some people would have multiple sets, one for walking around, one for when your Daimyo called you up, then your shirasaya for when you got home. Additionally it wasn't uncommon to have a sword refit for a son, but you'd still keep your fathers koshirae. I would venture a guess that at the very least, you'd get the tsuka fitted to your liking when you procured a new sword. Cheers Related info.: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_sword_mountingsGreat link my friend, and thanks for sharing. An interesting note on the dressing your sword up for war. I asked Mr. Black why you'd have a specific setup for when the Daimyo called, he said you wouldn't want to show up with a sword thats louder than your boss's lol. Cheers |
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Post by Arlequin on Aug 19, 2021 0:34:35 GMT
I think Rufus said it best. It really depends on your personal style and preferences. If I could add my 2 cents as well, you also want to consider your own body dimensions. Palm size/width and length of your arms in relation to your center of gravity could also make a big difference. Another student at my dojo is basically the same height/weight as I am, but our bodies/limbs are built rather differently. He comfortably wields a 29.5'' blade while I prefer between 26.5'' and 27.5.'' Any longer and I just would not be able to do either batto or noto smoothly. Agreed, body and hieght make a big difference. My fingers are average but my palms are pretty wide, the average 8-9 inch grips on most production euro two handers arent very comfortable and my movements feel limited because my hands are right up on eachother. Katana feels pretty comfortable, generally my ideal grip length is 11 inches. That being said anything over 12 inches feels gratuitis and 15+ inches I feel you might as well trade up for a spear lol.( ironically some later period longsword were more or less built to have some form of qausi-spear functionality, and the japanese actually have a weapon called a nagamaki which is basically a katana length blade on a shorter spear type handle) |
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