Korean swords

[Gavin Nugent]

Originally Posted by laEspadaAncha

Any idea if these are built to disassemble modularly like a katana?

This example is made in the Chinese manner being the tang through the pommel to secure it.
In this piece it is the blade, then the habaki, a seppa, guard/tsuba, another seppa, iron collar, the hilt slabs, the pommel, a small washer and peened tang. Grips bound in painted ray skin, grip cord in the Japanese manner with the menuki to each side in Japanese manner. There is a lanyard through the grips and I imagine the tang too.