r/Katanas

Is there a specific name for this type of koshirae? I mainly see it on early 1900's Gendaito and I love the look, but I've never seen a specific term for it nor have I seen it reproduced.

A friend of mine offered this to me for $1,000. No idea what it is actually worth.

Posting for the second time, this time with nakago ;)

The ShadowDancer Lion Dog Katana. This was a project for one of my longest running repeat clients and was conceptualized as a display sword more than a regular cutter. In other words, we were going fancy on this one 🤩

The lion dog themed tsuba, fuchi, kashira and menuki were all collected by the owner and sent in for the project. Black nubuck ito was requested, along with the wrap style and a nicer than average sageo. The samegawa finish choice was left to me.

The tsuka received Top level samegawa panels, lacquered in a two-tone Higo style dark red gloss under black matte finish. It was then wrapped in imported Japanese reinforced black nubuck ito in a combination of katate-maki and tsumami-maki. The sageo is an imported Japanese genuine silk Kainokuchi weave with a fractured design in black and gold, that I picked out. I was told the maker has retired so this was the last one in stock from this supplier.

The sword itself is a beauty featuring a choji hamon, O-kissaki and a two piece habaki. The new tosogu are high quality and highly detailed, featuring a prominent nanako design pattern and of course, plenty of shishi dogs.

This project was a lot of fun, though challenging on many levels but overall, I think it came out just as I pictured it. I hope my client feels the same. Well, these little guard doggies are off to their forever home to be praised and loved, as they deserve.

#tsukamaki #shishidog #LionDog #shadowdancer #samegawa #nubuckito #katanacraft

So I had posted what I thought was a Katana and it was the shorter wakizashi.