leather piece

[Akira Kurosawa]

i jus got a shinai leather kti thingy and theres this small piece of leather and i cant figure out what it is, its rougly an inch or so and theres holes on either side of it. Can anybody tell me what it is?
thanks

[Paburo]

i believe thats meant to replace the loop made on the tsuru before knotting it against the tsukagawa. i've seen most japanese shinai with this piece of leather on this part umm....

[Akira Kurosawa]

hmm.. so duz anybody kno how to put it on?

[hishinobi]

http://www.halifaxkendo.org/shinai.html
Halifax Kendo has pictures on attaching the leather piece, but the leather piece has a slit through the middle instead of holes.

http://www6.big.or.jp/%7Ebudogu/manu/topm.html
This general manual has diagrams on how to tie the leather piece you described.

Hope this helps.:)

[Akira Kurosawa]

Hehe, now I dont have a shinai loop that comes undone every time I disassemble my shinai :D

thanks
-:cat:

[elssha]

um... i just went over the pics, and I think you've lost me...

how does the leather thingamadoodle replace the loop?

[Lloromannic]

um... i just went over the pics, and I think you've lost me...

how does the leather thingamadoodle replace the loop?
Instead of passing the string through the loop you pass it through the thingamadoodle.