The Samurai Sword Blog
Studying Katana in Japan - Learning the How Japanese made Samurai Swords Part 3
This post focuses on antique tsuba for sale in Japan. Japanese sword dealers offer fully mounted katana for sale, bare blades for sale, and tsuba, fuchi, and kashira sets. Silk and cotton are available as well, if you know where to look, but not at the antique sword dealers. Here's a look at some of the tsuba, fuchi,kashira, and menuki available.
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Jul 14th 2015