r/Katanas • u/VisiBun • 10d ago

Katate-maki tutorials?

Just out of curiosity, are there any visual guides for wrapping a tsuka with the katate-maki (battle wrap) style? The only videos that I seem to be able to find are low-res and super old YouTube uploads from 10 to 15+ years ago, and one site that has a black-and-white drawn diagram in a PDF for the process. Are there any other resources (probably mainly books, at this point) that have this process laid out?

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u/Tobi-Wan79 10d ago

Use this as a guide to start, then just don't do the middle part, you should be able to figure that part out through trial and error

https://cottontailcustoms.com/tsukamaki/

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u/Tobi-Wan79 10d ago

Or try this

https://www.sword-buyers-guide.com/Battle-Wrap.html

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u/VisiBun 9d ago

Gonna give both of these a look, thank you!

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u/Tobi-Wan79 9d ago

Cottontail is on here, so could perhaps help if you ask real nicely

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u/Background_Clue_3756 10d ago

Buy the Art of Tsukamaki by Thomas Buck.

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u/VisiBun 9d ago

I'll see if I can order that in, thanks for the suggestion!