As far as I car tell they are brass, not sure if they are plated but feels like brass. I used barkeepers friend it’s an all purpose polishing compound that I have found works well.
I take my katanas apart each and every time I used them for anything, always a good idea to do, I'm just wondering about the Tsuba on your sword I never saw those little spots on it that you tapped down on , so I took both of my swords apart to see if they have the same thing , and they both don't have any and I have never had a wobble like you were showing in your video , .I think I'd get a different Tsuba if I had that problem.
This tsuba is from an iaito made by tozando in Japan. This maintenance was done after roughly a year of hard use, in iaido. This is one of my fellow aikidoka’s sword and I have one from tozando as well and the tsuba is fitted the same way. In my research this was a common method of fitting a tsuba to a sword. If you look at images of antique tsuba you will see these divots on some of them. If you think about it the tsuba maker would make a tsuba not knowing the sword for which it would be fitted to so the Makago-ana may have been an arbitrary size, and then they would have peened down the four points to have good contact with the blade. That is just one method. I have seen a few tsuba where the whole edge of the Makago-ana has been peeped over. Thanks for watching.
@@theanxiousanvil1509 Yes I have 2 Iaito whose Tsuba are fitted this way also. It is common practice to have Tsuba fitted this way in Japan. Very sturdy.
What are you using on the q tip to clean the seppas?
Are the seppa brass? And what are you using to clean them? Thanks! Nice vid!
As far as I car tell they are brass, not sure if they are plated but feels like brass. I used barkeepers friend it’s an all purpose polishing compound that I have found works well.
@@theanxiousanvil1509 thank you 👍🏼
I take my katanas apart each and every time I used them for anything, always a good idea to do, I'm just wondering about the Tsuba on your sword I never saw those little spots on it that you tapped down on , so I took both of my swords apart to see if they have the same thing , and they both don't have any and I have never had a wobble like you were showing in your video , .I think I'd get a different Tsuba if I had that problem.
This tsuba is from an iaito made by tozando in Japan. This maintenance was done after roughly a year of hard use, in iaido. This is one of my fellow aikidoka’s sword and I have one from tozando as well and the tsuba is fitted the same way. In my research this was a common method of fitting a tsuba to a sword. If you look at images of antique tsuba you will see these divots on some of them. If you think about it the tsuba maker would make a tsuba not knowing the sword for which it would be fitted to so the Makago-ana may have been an arbitrary size, and then they would have peened down the four points to have good contact with the blade. That is just one method. I have seen a few tsuba where the whole edge of the Makago-ana has been peeped over. Thanks for watching.
@@theanxiousanvil1509 Yes I have 2 Iaito whose Tsuba are fitted this way also. It is common practice to have Tsuba fitted this way in Japan. Very sturdy.