pesky tsuka won't come off [Archive]

sobasan7

20th June 2009, 04:23 AM

So the other day i was trying to take a part a shinai to sand and oil it and the darn tsuka wouldn't come off so i tried using a towel and a jar opener but was having no luck. Then a co-worker found something, that ended up working really well:
Nike Alpha grip (http://store.nike.com/index.jsp?country=US&lang_locale=en_US&l=shop,pdp,ctr-inline/cid-1/pid-226831)
i found this to worked really well to get those extra difficult tsuka to come off

only catch is that its $20.00 which is a bit much in my opinion for a piece of injection molded rubber.

Paikea

20th June 2009, 04:39 AM

Heavy rubber cleaning gloves work well.

ScottUK

20th June 2009, 06:36 AM

Foul words also assist quite a lot. Dunno why - but they do. Try!

Exia00

20th June 2009, 09:05 AM

or leave it in the bathroom after someone has had a hot steamy shower. heat expands the leather, making it easier to take off ;)

b8amack

20th June 2009, 01:26 PM

Elbow grease.

yoda-waza

21st June 2009, 02:39 AM

This has been covered before here (http://www.kendo-world.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19569&highlight=stuck+tsuka) and here (http://www.kendo-world.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18972&highlight=stuck+tsuka).
Steam works like a charm. No purchase necessary.

PabloY

8th July 2009, 12:27 PM

Some energetic suburi always works for me.

Maku-san

8th July 2009, 03:11 PM

Elbow grease... nope :angry:

Swear words... nope :mad2:

Using hands & feet to pull tsuka... nope :evil:

two tugs by sensei's teenaged son... voila! :redface:

b8amack

8th July 2009, 05:24 PM

I'm pretty sure that's still elbow grease. :wink:

cr720

11th July 2009, 06:10 AM

I have a brand new shinai, and use the same tsuka for both (since I'm poor and haven't bought another one yet).

Old shinai...no problem getting the tsuka on and off (due to the use)
new shinai...BIG problem getting the tsuka on and off. mostly on, I find. Thing never wants to get all the way over the handle. I figure it will get easier as I practice with it more and break in the leather handle

cr720

11th July 2009, 06:11 AM

I have a brand new shinai, and use the same tsuka for both (since I'm poor and haven't bought another one yet).

Old shinai...no problem getting the tsuka on and off (due to the use)
new shinai...BIG problem getting the tsuka on and off. mostly on, I find. Thing never wants to get all the way over the handle. I figure it will get easier as I practice with it more and break in the leather handle