Thread: Why no tsuba?
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Old 02-23-2012, 01:30 PM   #181
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Re: Why no tsuba?

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Dan Harden wrote: View Post
Think leather-rawhide. Thick and glue up your own thickness. the hole you cut, when dampened will stretch to fit and then dry. You can always get those plastic habaki to hold it place.
Dan
i am thinking leather sandwich wood. wonder if i can put some steel spikes into the tsuba for some close-up works, maybe even a steel grater.

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