Upon general request, we decided to make a tutorial on how to tie a sageo around the saya of your samurai sword. Now note that this is an ‘presentation’ knot and you won’t see it very often when martial artists are actually using their katana.
The sageo is that ‘piece of rope’ you can generally find on your saya (scabbard) and throughout it’s history , it served many different purposes :
- The original and most known way of using the sageo was to tangle it around the belt (obi) and saya so that the saya stayed where it was put in the belt without moving around when ‘drawing’ the sword
- Tying up the sleeves of the kimono before starting to ‘draw’ with the sword
- Tying up prisoners
- Actually I believe it was used to do all kind of ‘tying-up-things’
Concerning the tutorial, we made 4 loops on one side of the kurikata and 3 on the other side but you can also do 3+3, just use your creative spirit :d…it’s an decorative knot after all…
Good luck with your sageo and if you have any questions, just drop a comment here..
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thanks!!!! itsperfect!
Step by step. Very helpful guide. THANKS A LOT!!!
Fab instructions….Easy and Simple to carry out well pleased
How the HECK DO YOU DO THIS DANG KNOT!!!!?
Done it, Im well chuffed! thanks mate. The old one some how came loose and it was bugging me big time. Thanks to you its now sorted. Nice1 my son!
My pleasure…any other tutorials you guys like to see here ?
Dave
I loved this. The directions are simple and easy to follow. I have forwarded this site to my students. Now there is no reason for them to have untied sageos.
Superb instructions! Many thanks for that. I’d been trying to redo that wrap for some time, but couldn’t work out the knots – so easy when somebody shows you how.
Cheers
When you do the sageo how do you tight it up hard
i “invented” another style. I made 4 and 4 loops and put a little knife that matches with my katana inside the loops, and then fixed the ends so it wouldn’t look bad. that’s all thanks to u and the pen u had inside though
. thanks a lot, u r the man
Dave, I’m one of those curious people who untied the sageo and regretted it instantly, for months my sword stayed in its bag and was afraid to come out. The very day I discovered your website and the how to guide I went home and fixed it. Thanks very much, I thought I would never have it the same again, you a life saver!
A live saver ? Never thought to achieve that status
My pleasure..any other tutorials you like to see here ?
Dave
I have looked for this all over the http://www... THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
nice howto.
now I finally have a decent knot …
Well done, I was just wondering how to do that to my other swords, so I figured I’d take it apart one loop at a time… Oops! LOL. So now I can redo the one I undid and retie all the others to look officially pro.
As to your request for other demos… I’d like to see how you sharpen the tip of the sword smoothly. It’s always a curve/swing motion so I just am curious as to what you recommend to not mess up the angle.
Thanks for the great site and Happy New Year!
Oh, also; Are you tightening this along the way once the pen is through, or only at the end once both ends are tucked inside the loops? Thanks