Kagome Wakizashi (籠目) – Basket Weave

£198.00

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Kagome Wakizashi (籠目) – Basket Weave
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Discover the Kagome (籠目) Basket Weave wakizashi, whose kakumaru-gata tsuba in patinated gold-tone alloy is engraved with a woven basketwork ground and adorned with bamboo in relief. The fuchi and kashira echo the same braided motif. A black braided-leather saya with a tan leather X-laced reinforcement, and a leather-wrapped handle, lend this piece its singular character.

  • Hand-finished
  • Ultra-High-Strength Steel
  • Cutting-ready and decorative

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Kagome (籠目): the golden basketwork

The kagome is the woven pattern of traditional Japanese bamboo baskets. Its interlaced lattice has long been regarded as a charm of good fortune and a symbol of protection, evil spirits, it is said, are warded off by its many watchful “eyes”. The motif even lent its name to one of Japan’s best-known children’s folk songs.

This wakizashi carries the pattern across its entire fittings: a gold-tone guard engraved with the basketwork design, a fuchi and kashira rendered in the same braided effect, and a saya sheathed in braided leather.

A 1045 carbon steel blade with mirror-polished bo-hi

The blade is crafted from 1045 carbon steel, a robust and widely used high-carbon steel that is straightforward to maintain. It follows a shinogi-zukuri geometry with a chū-kissaki point, and features a longitudinal bo-hi that terminates before the habaki.

The satin-grey body of the blade contrasts with the mirror-polished bo-hi. No hamon is present.

Gold-tone basketwork fittings

The kakumaru-gata tsuba (square in form with softly rounded corners) is cast in patinated gold-tone alloy. Its ground is engraved in a woven basketwork pattern using kebori line work, embellished with bamboo in takabori relief, and features two hitsu-ana apertures and a maru-mimi rounded rim. A gilt brass seppa accompanies it.

The fuchi, in matching patinated gold-tone alloy, repeats the basketwork ground with darkened highlights, while the kashira presents a rounded cap with a braided effect. The handle combines a wooden core and a black faux-ray-skin wrap beneath a black leather kawa-maki braid, with gold-tone menuki. The ichimai habaki in polished copper with a gold-tone finish carries an engraved circular kamon.

A braided-leather-sheathed saya

The saya is crafted from solid wood and dressed in a black braided-leather sheath, with a tan leather X-laced reinforcement. The koiguchi and kojiri, both rounded in form, are likewise wrapped in braided leather. There is no kurikata; a brown leather strap is laced directly onto the reinforcement.

Dimensions and handling

With a blade of 51 cm and an overall length of 78 cm, the Kagome carries the proportions of a wakizashi, the shorter companion to the katana. Its 23 cm leather-braided handle offers a firm single-handed grip. At 1 kg, it remains entirely manoeuvrable. Measuring 80 cm in its saya, it is equally suited to display alone or alongside a katana.

Additional information

Blade Material: No selection

1045 Steel
Blade colour: No selection

Satin-finished grey steel with a mirror-polished bo-hi
Bo-Hi (棒樋): No selection

Yes
Scabbard (Saya 鞘): No selection

Solid wood core dressed in a black braided leather sheath, with a tawny leather X-lacing reinforcement
Sageo (下げ緒): No selection

Brown leather strap, laced over the leather reinforcement, without a kurikata
Handle (Tsuka 柄): No selection

Black faux stingray leather and wood
Tsuka-ITO (柄糸): No selection

Black, kawa-maki
Menuki (目貫): No selection

Gilded
Guard (Tsuba 鍔): No selection

Kakumaru-gata form in patinated gilded alloy; two piercings (hitsu-ana); checkerboard ground in a basketweave motif, engraved in kebori; bamboo rendered in takabori relief; oval seppa-dai; rounded maru-mimi rim.
Fuchi (縁): No selection

Patinated gilded alloy, its basketweave-style checkerboard ground engraved in kebori with blackened highlights, en suite with the tsuba.
Kashira (頭): No selection

Patinated gilded alloy, rounded cap with a woven effect
Habaki (鎺): No selection

Polished copper in a gold-toned finish, ichimai, with an engraved circular kamon
Blade length (cm): No selection

51
Overall length including handle (cm): No selection

78
Length with scabbard (cm): No selection

80
Handle length (cm): No selection

23
Blade thickness (cm): No selection

0.7
Blade width (cm): No selection

3.2
Weight (kg): No selection

1
Package weight (kg): No selection

1.3

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