Intro to Tsukamaki

Just a very quick vid on handle wrapping. ^_^

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Tsuka
• Maki
• Ito
• Tsukamaki
• Itomaki
• Samegawa
• Sword
• Handle
• Wrapping
• Katana
• Wakizashi
• Tanto
• Nagamaki

[abcb1521]

wow thats truely awesome you should consider making custom handles for people :)

[Hyoujinsama]

@abcb1521 Thanks! I've refined my techniques quite a bit since this video. I actually do tsukamaki professionally, now. :)

[Gunyo]

How about using leather for tsukamaki? Any tips?

Do you need hishi-gami for kawa tsukamaki?

[Hyoujinsama]

@Gunyo One of my biggest tips for doing tsukamaki with leather is this:

Unless you're using the Lohman stuff, be careful how hard you pull. Many types of leather ito on the market snap really easily. Also, definitely use hishigami for doing itomaki with any material. ^_^

[gloob93]

before i say anything, this is absolutely not hate! i would really like it if you would pronounce it properly! there is a U in there, it's not tska! you're supposed to pronounce it with a U! for the love of everything good, please just slow down and pronounce it properly!!

[Hyoujinsama]

@gloob93 So...pronounce it tsooka? You realize there are a good many rants and debates about that subject, right? And that most serious practitioners, collectors and artists will pronounce it as tska with the u only defining the shape the mouth makes at the end of the s... Similar to tsuki. Say it one way and it is a stab. Say it another and it is the moon.

[pablohthegreat]

@gloob93 in japanese, lots of the time U when coming after S and followed byK, U is silent e.g. tsuka and tsuki. (also I coming after SH and followed by a K,T and several other consonants the I is silent. such as ''shito'' is pronounced "shto".

[HalfBredNinja]

Great video. I once heard of a man who did this talking about the paper triangles. He said "If it is not done (this way), it is two things; Not Japanese. And wrong.". Perhaps you've heard this and can tell me who said it? Surely I'm not completely correct on the quote; it was years ago that I read it.

Regardless if you've heard it or not, great video. Helped me remember a few of the finer points as I prepare to wrap my custom dagger in a Tsukamaki-like manner.

Have a good one.

[MrFrost227]

Awesome! Where'd you get the clamp? I am thinking of getting a Hanwei Raptor and redoing the ito myself. That faux leather looks terrible to me. It seems so wrong on such a fine weapon. So I guess I'll be needing hishigami and one of those clamps!

[ninjamaster73]

One trick into keeping the cord tight that we've used is if your cord is cotton you can use a mixture of Elmer's glue and water just brush it on the wrapping that way it'll shrink and the glue will make it semi hard and it won't shift or slip during hard use.

[KenpoBouzo]

What does Huojin mean, I recognize sama as a suffix, but I'd be pleased to know the meaning of this name. Do you practice the way of the sword

Dear Regars, kenpo bouzo

[marshmarrows]

Thank you~!!

[blugularis]

@Gunyo My sensei does not like the leather ito, and does not recommend it, he says it is too slippery.  However, you can buy leather ito/wrap on ebay, I have a roll of it.

[kirschii94]

Thank you for thos tutorial, It helped a lot!

[TheCrampz]

that diamond on the tsukamaki always reminds me of power rangers the old ones.

[TheHanson1000]

Many thanks to you Kevin for taking the time and uploading this and your end knot tutorial video's.

I will be rewaping as soon as my ito arrives in the post,and all 3 of your video's are gold!! . this is not a tsuka from a bamboo mat katana is it by any chance ?