Higo Ishime Fuchi/Kashira - FKM111 hadagi is a very popular wood

is a very popular wood in Japan for its rather excellent weight/resistance ratio

It is called "Shin" Umetada

with concerns for the workers

protected with very thin coating layer or simply oil polished

Maru ni Daki Myoga (embracing ginger shoots in a ring)

Higo Ishime Fuchi/Kashira - FKM111 hadagi is a very popular woodHigo Ishime Fuchi Kashira FKM111 Those made in Japan Fuchi and Kashira are of classic Higo design and features a stony grainy (ishime) pattern. Higo is a province in South Japan that is known, in swords designs, for its round curve design and especially for its rounded Kashira. Minosaka's Iaito lineup allows many customizations but each model is fixed and named depending on its Fuchi & Kashira. This model is the default Fuchi Kashira set mounted on