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Tsubame1
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 Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 10:48 am Post subject: Whale "mustache/teeth" tsukamaki in Venice |
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Hi all.
I would like to share pictures I took of a couple
tsukamaki made out from Whale "moustaches". A third one, almost dismantled, showed what is under the triangular section of the overlapping wrap :
thin sharkskin, dark or blackened.
I believe the Itomaki is "Hosojabaraito
Kumiage" :
Katana :
They feels like hard plastic wires, but much cooler.
Hope you like them.
Carlo
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Tsubame1
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| Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 10:56 am Post subject: |
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Wakizashi :
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| Looks amazing (although I have doubts if it was practical) |
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Tsubame1
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I've handled a couple (not these ones) and I would prefer silk on my sword. Less durable but better grip IMHO.
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MLanteigne
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Wierd..so it's the whale's blaleen or whatever it's called that they use to filter out krill and what not when they eat. Man...how long are those strands???
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Tsubame1
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| MLanteigne wrote: |
| Wierd..so it's the whale's blaleen or whatever it's called that they use to filter out krill and what not when they eat. Man...how long are those strands??? |
Can't say... depends on the species I think.
There are some much thicker then those used for the
Tsukamaki.
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Takeda S.A.
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Thank you for the pics!
I read a refrence to them in one of my books, but but had thought they were silk floss that had been laquered, interesting that it is not just the name of that particular technique, but actual "whale whiskers".
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Tsubame1
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| Takeda S.A. wrote: |
Thank you for the pics!
I read a refrence to them in one of my books, but but had thought they were silk floss that had been laquered, interesting that it is not just the name of that particular technique, but actual "whale whiskers".
-Takeda |
I was referring to the style of wrapping, not the
material. I'm not sure this style is exclusively made with whale whiskers.
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