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Garden of Cherry Trees Handbook
How to make a hard leather tsuba
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Introduction
In these few words I collect the final result of a differents hobbies and ways I practise since
some years. I must be grateful to those people helped me to reach my aims, first of all my
father, that teached to me woodworking (as my grandfather and grand grand father did
before). Then I must thank my mother that sustained me in martial arts practise. A lot of
thanks to my Master, Granati Roberto sensei that believed in my since the first day and
showed to me the real bushido spirit. Special thanks to Master Luigi Carniel, founder and
director of the dell'Académie Neuchâteloise de Arts Martiaux Japonais of Neuchâtel that
showed to me how the knowledge in martial arts practice are an invaluable treasure that has
to be shared with everyone. Thanks to all of them
I apologize for my English but it isn’t my mother language and so I hope you
forgive me
Before the plastic
The use of leather, wood or horn for making tsuba is quite old and it’s due to the necessity to
riproduce the iron of the tsuba mounted on katana. A hard tsuba is generally used in some
traditional kenjutsu schools as Ono-ha Itto Ryu, Kashima Shinto Ryu but also for the practice
of modern kendo kata. A plastic tsuba is very common, for its low cost, but the traditional
practise implies the use of a traditional tool.
Hard leather
You can make hard leather in different ways. Here I speak about the simplest of all. You have
to put your leather patch in a container with cold water. Wait until leather is totally soaked
(the time depends how thick is the patch). Take the soaked patch and dry it as fast as
possible (put under the solar rays or use a hair drier, NOT the oven!!!), pressing it between
heavy and plane surfaces (heavy books or boxes). Leather can also be found already
hardened in local stires with cobbler’s goods. DO THE HARDENING PROCESS ONLY ON
SOFT LEATHER AND ONLY AFTER DOING ALL ACTIONS EXCEPT THE FINAL
DECORATION
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Materials
� A small saw
� Leather patch of 100 x 100 x 4 mm
� A screw
� HB pencil
� A plastic tsuba for model
� Fine grained sandpaper and files for last finishes
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How to work
1. Draw the tsuba. By hand or using a model, draw your tsuba
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2. Cut the external border using the saw
3. pierce the nakago ana (central hole): using the screw pierce the central hole
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4. Put the saw inside the central hole
5. saw the nakago ana
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6. Finish the borders: using the fine grain sandpaper and the files smooth the edges.
Check for a comfortable fit for the bokuto
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7. decorate the tsuba (IF YOU WANT): eventually using a hot tip or leather colors decorate
the tsuba
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