September 6, 2010 08:59:20 PM
Posted By Thomas L. Buck
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Occassionally I have the opportunity to put work on a nice daisho (matched set). I recently completed this daisho tsuka & saya project. On it I used 4 mm gold silk ito (cord) on the tsuka (handles), and gold/black urushi (lacquer) base topped by 4 orange tinted transparent layers of cashew (lacquer). Although I had to cut new saya for both the katana and the wakizashi, the tsuka, seppa, fuchi/kashira, menuki and tsuba are all original. The katana is a Koto Bizen blade in good polish with a nice sori and fumbari. The wakizashi is a Shinto Seki blade in good polish with a classic sanbonsugi hamon. And, as always, I'm curious what you think...
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