avioding discolouration on tsuka-gawa

[tokon]

like most of you all, i´ve marked all my shinai on the tsuka-gawa with my own symbol/sign to distinguish. and like every shinai the leather grip gets this special indigo-blue discolouration ;-)
my question now....is there a possibility to keep only that tiny spot on the tsuka-gawa white/clean?

thx a lot for helping!

[Kendoka]

like most of you all, i´ve marked all my shinai on the tsuka-gawa with my own symbol/sign to distinguish. and like every shinai the leather grip gets this special indigo-blue discolouration ;-)
my question now....is there a possibility to keep only that tiny spot on the tsuka-gawa white/clean?

thx a lot for helping!

Apply your name to an area on the tsuka-gawa where you dont grip, say at the side approximately in the middle.

[Pan-Chan]

Sew it in maybe?

[Optomitrist]

I could have sworn I saw someone have their name on the staves, or was that a bokken. I can't remember.

[Andoru]

Sew it in maybe?

lol too much work! Besides, tsuka-gawa gets used and needs replacement anyway.

[DCPan]

like most of you all, i´ve marked all my shinai on the tsuka-gawa with my own symbol/sign to distinguish. and like every shinai the leather grip gets this special indigo-blue discolouration ;-)
my question now....is there a possibility to keep only that tiny spot on the tsuka-gawa white/clean?

thx a lot for helping!

http://www.vc-net.ne.jp/~isiyosi/sinai.htm

[Matlock]

I could have sworn I saw someone have their name on the staves, or was that a bokken. I can't remember.Optomitrist, I have seen those too. You can buy a simple engraver and use it to write your name on one of the slats on the shinai and then color it in with a marker. I had a kendo shop guy do it for me at no cost once my purchases added up to about a truck load of shinais from him. Looks nice too.

Cheers

[Optomitrist]

cool matlock, I thought I wasn't crazy

[Pan-Chan]

lol too much work! Besides, tsuka-gawa gets used and needs replacement anyway.

Heh, yeah. It would fit the purpose though, lol.

I wouldn't do it.. I have sharpies for my tsukagawa labeling.

[Navyguy]

I have seen personalized Tsuba before. Like the leather ones with the nice "art work" this person had their name stamped in the leather Tsuba. The you can move it from shinai to shinai.

[tokon]

http://www.vc-net.ne.jp/~isiyosi/sinai.htm
thx a lot DCPan! ;-) that´s what i was exactly looking for!!!


unfortunately i can´t read that language ;-) i think i need a translation für understanding!

[DCPan]

unfortunately i can´t read that language ;-) i think i need a translation für understanding!

LOL, it's like the blind leading the blind, since my Japanese is pretty much non-existent.

Anyhow, I think the katakana says "bond"...probably some kind of clear glue.

I would suspect you could rub some wax coating on the tsuka and achieve a similar result.

Really, someone who could actually read Japanese should answer this question.

FWIW.

[Washington]

http://babelfish.altavista.com/

You can use this link to sort of translate the webpage for you but like Pan said it just says "bond" not what it is.

[mingshi]

Ah, it is just a simple arts & crafts trick. Put some glue on and let it dry. The glue will form a "protective surface" for the applied area.

[tokon]

Ah, it is just a simple arts & crafts trick. Put some glue on and let it dry. The glue will form a "protective surface" for the applied area.
thx a lot mingshi! ;-)

i thought as much his was using some kind of glue. maybe i have to ask a silk painting artist, if he has some other ideas!

if i find a good one i´ll post it ;-)

[elssha]

http://www.vc-net.ne.jp/~isiyosi/sinai.htm (http://www.vc-net.ne.jp/%7Eisiyosi/sinai.htm)
What's the thing on the bottom (the square thing that looks like some sort of leather sown into a ton of paper towels)?

[tokon]

What's the thing on the bottom (the square thing that looks like some sort of leather sown into a ton of paper towels)?
for me it looks like a cotton cloth sawn on a leather pad for oiling shinai. ;-)

[DCPan]

for me it looks like a cotton cloth sawn on a leather pad for oiling shinai. ;-)

Yeah...I would guess it keeps your fingers from getting a splinter, in case you missed something during the sanding phase.