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Thorsteinn

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Great Vidoe of Tsuba being made.
« on: 2011-03-26, 21:54:11 »
A video of a very very pretty Tsuba being made my hand:

Utsushi - in search of Katsuhira's tiger. Part 1

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGMj7o6AwnM&feature=related[/youtube]


Utsushi - in search of Katsuhira's tiger. Part 2

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM0VnL30rDc&feature=related[/youtube]
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Re: Great Vidoe of Tsuba being made.
« Reply #1 on: 2011-03-27, 09:53:22 »
Wow! Excellent video! Really informative. I love watching a master craftsman at work.

Thanks for posting this Ivan! :)
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Re: Great Vidoe of Tsuba being made.
« Reply #2 on: 2011-03-27, 12:47:02 »
Definitely awesome stuff!!! Iwonder though, why they fabricate the symbol(tiger the example here)
upside down in reference to the blade? I've seen other examples such as bamboo trees and dragonflies being oriented this way....hmmmm.....
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