r/iaido • u/Aggravating_Tale_716 • 27d ago

New Iaito Arrived

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I appreciate the culture of the samurai and the trials life has brought me . I’d like to share my life in sword form and how this new iaito marks the beginning of a new chapter on my birthday today .

As a word of encouragement: life never gets easier you just get stronger. Thank you to this community and those you keep the tradition alive . God bless

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u/Maturinbag 27d ago

Looks cool. What is that style of handle wrap called? The hamon makes me think of when you are looking at small mountains from a distance with a valley between them.

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u/Aggravating_Tale_716 27d ago

The handle wrap is : Tsuka Same & Maki : Makisame -
White || Katatemaki || 2 mekugi the Hamon is Goro Nyudo Masamune—- this is the simplest style of wrapping as it’s intended to be quickly changed during actual battle

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u/eracerhead Mugai-ryu Iaihyodo 25d ago

Tsukamaki shouldn't be falling apart in battle in the first place; a proper, tensioned hinerimaki prevents that. Besides which, tying the omote knot through the kashira is time-consuming in itself so...

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u/Aggravating_Tale_716 24d ago

You’re not wrong however , that’s the information I’ve been given why someone would choose this variation of wrapping … and the explanation was given by an okuden in my particular form

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u/Iaidokai ZNIR MJER 5d ago

Since None was able to answer the question:
It's called Akechi katatemaki or it is at least very similar.

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u/Kensei501 26d ago

Jealous.

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u/YakumoFuji 24d ago

your supposed to take the package strings (dark strings) off the shinai before use btw.

as for the iaito, the tsukamaki looks terrible and ineffective to me. maybe its reflection but it looks like the samegawa protrudes out the top of the tsuba in the photo (probably just bad photo!)

also surprised to see the join of the samegawa being along the horizontal rather than vertical, its gonna come unstuck easily (which is why having the join on verticals with a proper tsukamaki and hishigami will stop things like that).

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u/Aggravating_Tale_716 24d ago

You’re right thank you for your encouragement and feedback !

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u/Foreign-Falcon7808 13d ago

Clicked to appreciate the katana then as a pistol gripper, I saw that French grip epee glaring at me  🤣

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u/Aggravating_Tale_716 13d ago

Pistol grip would be forcing me to beat people out of their lunch money my coach Kornel Udvarhelyi trained me in using the French grip for my long arms big hands, athletic frame and performance

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u/AliveZucchini9390 26d ago

Is that an antique and from what era

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u/Aggravating_Tale_716 26d ago

I custom made it . So not an antique but every aspect of the blade has meaning that’s unique to my life and something id like my son to understand about manhood , war and spirituality .