Ume Sukashi Tsuba 梅樹透鐔 Manganese Steel a landscape celebrated in Japanese

a landscape celebrated in Japanese poetry

and display

A Suguha with slight Midare（小乱れ交じり直刃）hamon is created through clay tempering (覆土焼入れ)

The tsuba（鍔）is a round maru-gata（丸形）guard made of brass（真鍮）with blackened boiled finish（煮黒仕上げ）and carved with a tiger and rabbit motif（虎兔図）

Ume Sukashi Tsuba 梅樹透鐔 Manganese Steel a landscape celebrated in JapaneseTsuba (Sword Guard) UmeHand Polished Openwork Iron Plum Blossom Motif with Black Patina Finish The Ume () tsuba is an openwork iron guard (sukashi tsuba) adorned with delicately forged plum blossoms and branches a timeless motif symbolizing endurance, purity, and the quiet beauty of early spring. The circular composition features gracefully flowing lines and balanced negative spaces, creating an impression of natures renewal captured in steel. Each