Japanese kilt accessories: Who woulda thunk it?

[BEEDEE]

Belt buckle is certainly unique. Wear it well.

For my next project, because the Japanese are master blade smiths, I'd like to see if I could adapt a curved dagger with a lacquer sheath and wrapped handle into a Japanese-style sgian dubh.

I have a small tanto blade that I am working on converting to a sgian dubh.

Brian

[CDNSushi]

I have a small tanto blade that I am working on converting to a sgian dubh.

Brian

That's exactly what I was referring to.. (Didn't know how many people would know what a tantō is though).... It would have to be a fairly short one though. Maybe I could really really really save my pennies and commission one from an apprentice to one of the few remaining masters that are still kicking about and practicing their craft.

Although.... Maybe a fake one wouldn't be so bad... After all, no one knows it's not the genuine article, and even if I did have it, people probably wouldn't believe it's real anyway... lol. The fake ones look good too...




Oh yeah, after spending a bit of time on the net, if anyone's after the real deal, here's an exhibit of them (sorry, page is in Japanese only)
http://homepage2.nifty.com/FUJITOKEN/page003.html

I also found an auction for the genuine article. Unknown sword maker, common-variety dagger but definitely not fake: http://page6.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/f69159760 (again, sorry it's only in Japanese)... From what I could gather though, it's borderline legal to carry as it just squeaks in under the legal blade length limit of the sword control law.