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Crane Tsuba

Crane Tsuba

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Crane Tsuba

Making your katana more 'personal' can be done very easily by changing it's tsuba. By removing the mekugi (bamboo pins) you will be able to take your sword apart.

  • iron tsuba
  • made by Paul Chen
  • very detailed
  • antique look
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Dancing Crane Tsuba



The earliest Tsuba were generally flattened disks made of bronze or copper.




The earliest Tsuba were generally flattened disks made of bronze or copper. They were superceeded by the Chinese style cross guard between the 6th and 9th centuries only to be returned to favor as plain iron disks with minimal decoration in the 12th century. The early iron(tetsu) tsuba was made by armourers who were able to apply their skills at making plate to good effect. Notice there are no cutouts for the kosuka and kogai.



Decoration if any was simple and generally confined to a simple punched or forged indentation. The handle side was generally more decorated than the blade side. The round silver mon (familycrest) on this example is a later addition. (The mon indicates that this was a sword of the Ogasawara Clan.) The rounded square shape is known as kaku gata. The iron would be patinated to a pleasing black color which preserved it from further oxidation. Or it would sometimes be allowed to rust to a degree before being stabilised to a russet color.

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