woah that same with the black lacquor still showing the white nodes is amazing

I like the way silk looks after years of use, and I like how silk feels. A lacquered tsuka ito is nice too, nice and grippy and stays tight.

Treating the Tsunami with some Obenaufs LP would slow or stop the fraying. I used it on the fake suede on a Hanwei Raptor and it made it feel like real leather, it tightened up the suede and made handling it much better. It's the best leather product I have ever used, I buy it by the tub and use it on anything leather

i made a really ghetto improvise with my pruple heart synthetic katana by taking old school shoe laces and using that as the Ito, which oddly enough actually worked...

I like the leather look but the silk ito wrap thats had a couple of coats of lacquer is hard to beat . I never had the tsunami wrap but the synthetic silk seems to do good after being lacquered. silk is definitely my preference on ito wraps

I like that lacquered same. It lookes like stones to me

What is that green wrap with copper fittings? Looks amazing if anyone can tell me what it is would appreciate it

between the two ,which would i recommend a first time sword buyer purchase ,doe skin or leather ?

I'm working on the design theme of a wakizashi where it would really play into it if I could get the Ito black with the red dots on it. Otherwise I'm just going to do black cotton or leather(ish) material. Most don't offer the black with the red dots as Ito per se, but most of them do offred it as sageo. So I would just tell the vendor to have them use that as the Ito. HOWEVER, I have no idea if that's doable because I can't tell from photographs if the cord they use for the sageo is the same type, as far as width and thickness goes, compared to what they normally use for the Ito. Anybody know if the two are the same type of cords? Also I saw a handle that had a battle wrap on it only the battle wrap part was the first half of it and then the last half with the diamond patterns. I wonder if the production line workers have the skills to do that. I would hate to order something like that and have it fall apart on me because the worker was improvising and didn't really know what they were doing.

Where might you be able to find quality tsunami wrap?

Ok so... what exactly is tsunami?

Thanks for the video! Were leather wrappings used on katanas historically?

Where do you buy the doeskin for tsuka ito?

Hi. Iv been buying HanBon swords of different steels,folded, tempered. So far I'm vary happy I would really like if you did a video on HanBon swords by swordsmith668. All the thing you have told us to look out for in semi custom swords HanBon seems to not be a problem. They are cheaper than other ebay sellers. They say that they forge their blades? So being that I know steel but not swords and what to look for I feel I've made a great first, second affordable buy. I would still like to hear your view. Thank you Matthew.

Well, obviously I'm over 5 years late to this party, but.... Can you tell us a name or two of individuals who professionally rewrap handles? Preferably for a fee that is under the price of, say, a Dojo Pro itself?

Thanks this topic never gets talked about, most of my swords are silk wrap, so Tsunami is like suede??, Maybe I haven't looked correctly but I haven't seen an option for that on swords and custom build swords I've looked at, should it be asked for?...great topic Matt..

where can i buy silk or tsnuami ito in europe?

Hi, thanks for the video. Where do you get your Tsuka's rewrapped in leather or Tsunami?

Hi Matt , out of pure curiosity and for my own personal knowledge base ….what is tsunami wrap exactly ? I mean it’s definitely not a storm wave 🌊 so ?

I'm planning on rewrapping my old beater for a more "modern" style with black leather like a European sword's grip (spiral wrapped), but without the ito diamonds, I'm concerned about grip. If you had to pick between tsunami and leather to wrap a grip with, what would you have more faith in?

I hear some people say that tsunami is quite thick and makes the tsuka bigger than usual, so it kinda affects your grips. Your thoughts?

Doe skin for the win

I I like silk the most but it wears out with any serious training. I get about 5 years out of a japanese professional wrapping.

What is the best way to care for cotton ito wrap?

Who do you use to wrap your tsuka? I need some work done to one of mine, I'm not sure who to use. Thanks

How many hands can fit on the handle of the longest handle out of your katanas or how long in inches

Im getting 6500 dollar katana and its wrapping is suede is that good wrapping?

handling really is important after all

I have a cotton ito and it is fraying what can i do to stop it?

Who does your tsukamaki wraps?

what is better to go with for a first sword leather or silk

Is that synthetic silk or real silk?