Dairiseki Tsuba?

[jjcruiser]

I recently tried to order one of these (http://www.boguzen.com/b_sa45.html) at Boguzen. They just told me they are out of stock, much to my great disappointment.

Anyone know another place that carries them? Anywhere? I can't find one. Even used.

Thanks.

[Bruce Mitchell]

http://www.e-bogu.com/Top_Quality_Leather_Bokuto_Tsuba_p/ank-ken-shi-bokleathertsuba2-.htm

[DCPan]

I recently tried to order one of these (http://www.boguzen.com/b_sa45.html) at Boguzen. They just told me they are out of stock, much to my great disappointment.

Anyone know another place that carries them? Anywhere? I can't find one. Even used.

Thanks.

Wouldn't dairiseki be just a little too hard on your opponent's bokuto? Or were you thinking display only?

[jjcruiser]

http://www.e-bogu.com/Top_Quality_Leather_Bokuto_Tsuba_p/ank-ken-shi-bokleathertsuba2-.htm

Not the same thing but that one's nice.


Wouldn't dairiseki be just a little too hard on your opponent's bokuto?

I have no idea. Can you please explain. I certainly don't want to harm someone else's bokken, but the dairiseki one I already have looks essentially like plastic to me, and in that, it shouldn't be any harder on opponent's bokken than my standard tsuba. If I'm wrong though please correct me so I don't use the other one anymore.

[DCPan]

Hmm...I thought daireseki is 大理石 which means marble.

I guess it just means marble patterned then..since you say it feels like plastic.

[jjcruiser]

Hmm...I thought daireseki is 大理石 which means marble.

I guess it just means marble patterned then..since you say it feels like plastic.

Oh! Yes the pattern is marbled but it isn't marble per se. Interesting. I had no idea what the word meant.

Well, they look very nice and match my bokken very well, but I guess they are out of stock indefinitely so it's a moot point.

[MikeW]

You might want to check this one at Bokkenshop.com (http://bokkenshop.com/eng/ts7.html)

It costs less but the shipping is probably more.

[xvikingx]

Hmm...I thought daireseki is 大理石 which means marble.

I guess it just means marble patterned then..since you say it feels like plastic.
HA! A marble tsuba? Forget your opponents bokuto the tsuba would almost certainly shatter if it took a decent hit.

[jjcruiser]

You might want to check this one at Bokkenshop.com (http://bokkenshop.com/eng/ts7.html)

It costs less but the shipping is probably more.

Looks like the same, thanks Mike!

Bokkenshop appears to be owned by Tozando and I've always been happy with them, so looks like a great option.

[jjcruiser]

HA! A marble tsuba? Forget your opponents bokuto the tsuba would almost certainly shatter if it took a decent hit.

Your comment proved prophetic, although I'm not sure I see why the danger of shattering is any different for marble-colored plastic than for non-marble colored plastic.

I did in fact buy that tsuba and had been using it for weeks.

Today, however, while practicing the shortsword sanbonme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sag0HSxmna0)(I was shidachi), on the catch of the initial men cut, it shattered loudly into three pieces. Stopped practice in the dojo cold. :) So probably we did something wrong, but I was still quite surprised and dismayed, both for the cost and for the danger factor. What I took from this is to never buy expensive tsubas unless they are made of leather. Bleah.

One thing I just noticed in the video, btw, that I haven't been doing right I guess: uchidachi didn't return to chudan until shidachi was back almost to issoku, I think I jump the gun on that.