Sakura Tide Tsuba 櫻濤Tsuba (Sword Guard) Sakura TideIron with Black Finish and Hand Carved Blossoms & Waves Sakura Tide is an iron tsuba finished with a blackened surface and a refined matte texture, offering a calm yet commanding presence. Its composition features hand engraved sakura blossoms rising amidst curling ocean waves, a visual dialogue between softness and strength. Each flower is accented with a small dot of gold lacquer, adding a subtle glimmerlike petals

antique finish

formed through clay tempering（覆土焼入れ / Fukutsuchi Yakiire）

Type: Shinken Hi (真剣樋) with Marutome Tome (丸留め止め)

Saya (Scabbard 鞘): The saya（鞘）is made in uchigatana koshirae style（打刀拵）with buffalo horn（牛角 / Gyu-kaku）reinforcements at the koiguchi（口金）

A yellow sageo (下緒) is tightly woven

the habaki (鎺) is crafted from brass and engraved with the classic Nekogaki cat-scratch pattern (猫掻)

Graceful yet restrained

resilient spine

combining elegance with a touch of natural imperfection

Kojiri is metal reinforced

Fine shell inlay particles (raden) are applied in alternating diagonal bands over a black lacquer base

Shadow Butterfly) tsuba is a refined iron sukashi tsuba featuring an abstract butterfly motif expressed through elegant openwork forms