Synthetic Silk Leather Ito Wrapping Cord Sageo for Japanese Samurai Swords Handle Saya;

Ito is the wrap of the tsuka, traditionally silk but today most often in cotton and sometimes leather. A sageo is a hanging cord made of silk, cotton or leather that is passed through the hole in the kurigata of a Japanese sword's saya. Sageo used to tie the sword on your waist as a belt in the old time, but now we usually tie on the saya.

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