Seido Tenugui Iai_Tanto This tsuba is named after

This tsuba is named after the most famous of all samurai

and the strap is covered with Japan famous deer leather

With a shape slightly shorter and thinner than a classic Shoto

the hexagonal Tsuba Hanjiro has the interest of blocking the Iaito when it is laid on the ground and thus prevents it from rolling

Seido Tenugui Iai_Tanto This tsuba is named afterSeido Tenugui Seishin Itto Nanigoto ka Narazaran Made in Japan This traditional Tenugui (Japanese hand towel) can be used as such in Kendo, Nippon Kempo or Jukendo but also as small towel to wipe off sweat during practice. In the center is the logo of the Seido brand, the Kanji "Do" or "Michi", found in Aikido, Judo, Karatedo etc. which means "way". Roughly translated as "where there is a will, there is a way", this well known proverb "Seishin Itto