Ford Hallam's tsuba school - How to make a kozuka, part 1.
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- Опубліковано 28 лип 2024
- In this series we take a detailed look at one of the accessory items, the kozuka, frequently found on Japanese sword mountings. I'll also be demonstrating how I recreate a classic kozuka form and engrave it to match an older set of fittings.
Can't wait to see the rest of this project. It's such a privilege, thank you Ford.
I admit I am full of envy. To hold a historical piece of craftmanship in your hands AND have the knowledge to fully
appreciate it must be very comforting.
Bless you. You are looking good, and are obviously in your element with this. Thank you for sharing. I will always be a ham-handed duffer but I love the process and the learning. It nourishes my soul to see this (a person who gives themselves to the process and the craft). I am always happy to see one attempting to receive a tradition from those who came before, nurture it, and hand it to the next generation. The process is the real treasure, with the item being secondary.
Thank you Kevin, for your very kind words. Just back from seeing my teacher in Japan and reinvigorated to continue the journey he set me on.
a really incredible work man, congratulations, you are a master!!!!
Lovely explanation of the koshirae and kozuka, cant wait to see the progress
Thank you for sharing!
such a beautiful piece, thank you for giving us a proper tour of this little masterwork.
Amazing! Such a beautiful sword! This is going to be an awesome series!! Thank you Ford!!
I’m so glad and grateful to see a new video from you Ford! Will follow your progress with interest.
An absolutely amazing object! Fantastic level of precision!😮
This will be fantastic, I recently found some Ebi menuki to go back onto a beautiful tsuka from a gunto with a family blade. It was damaged during the war and I looked for 3 years before finding a suitable set to go with the other fittings that also featured Ebi.
I'm really looking forward to this.
Thank you
Just last week I was thinking I wanted to get into making a kozuka after seeing some beautiful examples. Lucky timing!
I’m glad UA-cam popped you back on my feed .the bell icon was not active .yt has been doing weird stuff lately.all the best from NSW ,John😎🐈⬛🥊
Thank you for your video and your description regarding the use of entasis @ 22:42.
Wow what a perfect art piece. Everything has its place and the flow of this is truly stunning...
Great work, Ford. And right on time - I am finishing a blade for ko-tanto and I plan to make a kozuka koshirae for it. The theme would be bamboo and bamboo basket.
Beautiful work Ford
Can't wait for the next one.
lookin well fordy boy!
Your videos and work are always mesmerizing, and that tanto is a truly spectacular one! One of my best friends just acquired his first nihonto, while vacationing in Kyoto; it's an attractive but generally unremarkable unsigned wakizashi from the late Edo period. It has a wonderful ribbed saya, and though they don't match the rest of the koshirae, it has kogai and... half of a wari-kogai. 😅 EDIT: Hearing about the shift in the orientation of the decoration on kozuka is really interesting... and a bit paradoxical, as katana were generally carried in a more vertical position (otoshizashi, if memory serves) in earlier periods, and began to be carried in the more horizontal fashion, later on. Amazing.
The taught about the west constantly experimentig and the orinet just making what works and doing this on this level. Thank you Ford.
Looking forward to the next part.
beautiful tanto and koshirae,i love aikuchi
Respect to Master from Russia.
綺麗な拵え。美しいですね👍😂
江戸の昔に、
お花見🌸🍶✨にでも
差して行ったのかも 😊？
exciting indeed
Thank you for sharing.
Thanks, excellent!😁👋🏻
Merci beaucoup 🙏🙏🙏
What is the name of that book?
かっこいいね
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Is the Facebook group still open at all? I see it isn't very busy lately but my request to join has been pending for a small while, I would love to gain what insight from it that I could
Это все прекрасно и красота мысли,арнаментов,изгибы линий. Но кольт 1911,это мощь классики. Меч против пистолета,немыслимо.
Kozuka construction looks similar to habaki construction