Color
 

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ARMY

Kanagu : Brown electroplating or brown/red-brown painting
                 Later version used light green or tea color painting
                 Kobuchi used amalgam technique to get gold color

Tsuba : Sukashi type : Brown electroplating or brown/red-brown painting
              Normal type : Light gold color electroplating, Edge and sakura used bright gold color
              Also, there the silver was used and black plating was done. (very rare)

O-seppa : Dark red paiting or brown plating
 

NAVY

Kanagu : Light gold color electroplating, Kobuchi and sakura used bright gold color

Tsuba : Dark blue colored shakudo plating

O-seppa : (Sunrise shape) Dark blue plating or gold color plating
 

Common Features

Ko-seppa : Kikuza : Dark blue shakudo plating, Tatekizami : Gold plating, Kokizami : Silver plating

Menuki : Gold color

Sarute : Cast : Gold color. High/Medium quality has brown background with gold color sakura.
              Wire : Red brown painting.
 
 
 


 
 
 

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