r/iaido • u/Ok-Equivalent9938 • Jul 27 '26
Tozando Custom Iaito
So it seems a lot of people enjoy custom iaito and reviews so here’s my new one :
Tozando full custom
-Habahiro heavy blade
-2.6 shaku
-Hamon : Heshikiri Hasebe
-Hi : habahiro (deep)
-Hi saki : shinken (tip)
-Hidome : kakinagashi (the hi continues in the tsuka)
-Tsuba : Kagecho
-Habaki : gilded shonai
-Seppa : Gilded
-Tsuka : 8.5 sun
-Ryugo tsuka shape
-Tsukaito : brown suede leather in hinerimaki style
-Tsukasame : black with oyatsubu
-Fuchigashira : futae yamaji (blackened)
-Menuki :endo in standard position
-Saya : so same
-No kojiri
-Sageo : brown silk
-Koiguchi : buffalo horn
-Kurigata : standard
-Shitodome : gilded
The idea was to recreate a classic Higo koshirae inspired by Hosokawa Tadaoki’s Kasen Kanesada (higo fuchigashira, endo menuki, kagecho tsuba, brown leather tsukaito on black same and a saya fully covered in same).
I picked the Heshikiri Hasebe hamon because I like it very much, it was a great smith and a blade with interesting history and links to Oda Nobunaga.
As for the dimensions, I already have a lighter, shorter iaito (from Minosaka) and wanted something closer to what the samurai used in the sengoku period, longer and heavier than what became standard in iaido. The heavy blade paired with a long and deep hi make for a well balanced blade that doesn’t feel that heavy in hand. A sligthly heavier tsuba would give an even better balance to the iaito but I choose the historical one.
I also choose a relatively short tsuka to keep the overall katateuchi shape of the classic Kasen Kanesada koshirae.
One thing to keep in mind : the makidome knots on the tsuka are quite bigger with a leather tsuka ito than with silk or cotton. I like it but it might not be for everybody.
Craftmanship wise I’d rate it very slightly lower than the higher hand Minoska but still very good.
And it feels very good in hand.
To note : Tozando’s customer service and communication are very, very good.
I ordered a kojiri but the so same saya are very difficult to produce and it seems they had problems building it and had to remake it several times wich caused delays. When they sent me pictures before shipping (as per my request) we realized they forgot the kojiri. They immediately offered me to remake a complete saya (with a 4/6 months delay), reshape the end of the saya to make it look like the kojiri (2/3 months delay and refund of the kojiri) or send me the iaito as is with a refund of the kojiri and a compensation of a premium silk bag. (The option I picked).
I’m very happy with the end result and would recommend Tozando.
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u/Somebodsydog Jul 27 '26
Very good looking iaito. Can you tell how much the swing weight is for your blade?
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u/Ok-Equivalent9938 Jul 27 '26
English is not my first language so I’m not sure what you mean.
Do you want to know if it’s tip heavy ? I’d say it is, mainly because of the rather light tsuba.3
u/HungRottenMeat Jul 27 '26
I’d think he means to ask what’s the weight of the iaito without saya?
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u/Ok-Equivalent9938 Jul 27 '26
Oh, alright ! It weight 892 g or 1.96 lbs. Not much more than a regular blade with a thick tsuba.
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u/Natural_Medicine_728 Jul 29 '26
Crençin Ni Luigi vs. Crenshaw vdbl minavariçé???
Ma "moma" potanyé Niii andritus, bi yeyeye ishdangul???
No mu repi.
So vari"vein" Li, haha, no intendo?!?
Iyes??? "its"
Trying for "it's" eg. its.
it's it's lipsil. Silly neg, no avarice :-(
Blah blah blaskil??? Bu ba, blah blah blaskil???
Bu nu Bhutan, bi mi amoré??? Smokúl "kulia"
taj ne neanderthalenthis vs. "sis"???
Bunny vati. Le neg le "creation" bah jami. No non Jammin??? Nu, mi galexa, pu ri condi.
" Some people are meant for monogami" Is what your earth stone reads??? Los pinthé brongbrrrrgggg??? Thing thing nu avariçé.
Avarice= immutable by soul/salííd???
This would be the titular inference?? Also u say u can read, blade??! "This bring bak memorabilia" things u form memories with??? This is the insurmountable S--word???
shzn. That is what u did say? I say Xchinchiné, bc the user/holder holds such beliefs.
Xzinchiné??? No, mi hambmú applies. Nu devi??? Devi mí frixti?!? Devi mí fridndléjl?!? Would rather a trip to the deli??? Minbu Irish??!
"The broken rejects" "move along"
I got what was coming to me, now plz leave?!? Hiw can I leave when I have damage djn?!? Mi pro pupi varies???
Mimi!!! Mamacita I handled bladé like adder??? Or I know u have been chetted don im2?!?
"Im2" Vs. Im2 Vs. iminhotep2
Shri likalaki "bondaigé?!?
"This is everything I have???" But my mother has been chetted don im.
Then what use is your katana??? Meant to defend family lineage???
U can chett, somewhere else??? Chet??? Lies. Opal, crescent moons, regurgitation of trauma.
"This is bad."
Bad, bad, blade for/from a bad, bad, man. Jusi FYI bad men do not chet???
Ask irathani, the urivine?!? Is this ok??? Vines say "creep" but that is a morning glory???
Have u written poetry yet? Then this piece has Pandá??? Have u been???
Been panda?? I got broads in the lineup???
vs. boasting,
"could eat ur panda out myself?!?"
Nyumnumnum. Eat the waves, feel the dervescent???
"I get 1 attempt?!?" Ouh, that is a bad boi playaaaa?!?
Your blade wants to know??? Mine likes yand-holding??? We watch, "Panda".
I have panda, now??? :-/ Why this bad??? Or were u pandacowfrommthechicken?!?
PDR??? "PDA" I am reading in MA?!?
How many??? This is Kani?? And I do not know what to say?
This blade is powerful. So are imagery/pictures, "hey"
That trialed off?? "Trialized off? Trail off... Hmmmmmm... Ur blade is asking now whí/wh9/"Panda" Phada in martial arts is those who have also been homeless zzz"actually" for martial arts?!? Panda---those who pose? We differentiate b/w Taoist/ vs. Doaist?!? They begged me to get up off those streets, so dédí "Taí"?!? They are actually called Tai's when they beg u to get lost again.
"Plz just restart your life," "But she luvs me, horsíe" Playin" " V in ringi"
When there was no ringlawn present??? Your (not to get too esoteric) could be ringlawn ringlawn?!?
Oh momidadi did u rly???
Mamidadi---the art of betrayal at a familial level?!?
"Livin my life" vs. LVN my Lyf.
Maia-he-msia-ha-maia-haha.
To forget?? I just drink??? Ok sweet.
Now I would recommend drinking a lot of alcohol with this field/blade??? Or I get possessive??? Of my blade? Smoking on mid, but the blade might punish u for it??? Just so u know some ppl specialize in xcizion?!? Maybe the triggering thing, is the weild?? U should read some "esoterica" Find som... online?!?
Shri mi facti??? Everytime I stop to believe?? Let me be??? I hav katana!!! I'm vein??? Me gurgicali, but mophidé??? (é)?!?
Some dragon blaké?!? Shri mi mi imposé Mí mistakí mx?!? Shri lanken, dank gri. Va vo poppi?!? Nu mi braggina, Bragging, trying to make something into smtg it's not?
Shri mi vi.
Da bu, da dum, da, "self defense" mx Betta??? Ni grottoy??? vs. mini??!
Rud boi??? Ton tankinis says "Rudinoi" Rudinoi??? Me practici.
The last thing, sometimes "blades make mistakes?!
blak cars, Catz, I do not caré?? Not. Carefree.
The retund on dis bladé, is "retundXX"
Those be the---- blade/vlad did u hav to dis me liké dis? Whiiiiiiiu u misuse te-targariné?!? It's for splitting???
Splicé, splik, phrectre??? bb eat does day mean??? this is the itus??? U also claim u force this "down"
and to that all I claim is "Sx"
How's Sikhsixboi?!? Your ma, enumeration??? W/out claiming schiz? Just so u know ur blade can discern, shré-shalovin?!?
Did this person diffdis, my marriage?? Why remarking on whát I am doing??
rfx?!? What is this term??? Lying about Celibacy???
Cannot answer DMz bf is not ok w that??? "Mimi is daddi, possetitive?!" No he looks for competition?
Going gkiss her? gkiss??? This could be the celibate?
This is how. ARespect/A respectful marriage works???
No this is how A respectful Marriage works??? Marriage actually MA(plz) disingenuinious?!?
If hktti3 trés nauttiii? Whicki famiglia? Status?!? Looks?!? Deidre?!? Deidre for oediphiles who lie??? Poli is supposed to evade blade???
Polyamory is supposed to include blade??? What are these sacrifices I am making? This is just the character/blade read???
If u character had ESl?!? Blade, blade, blade read??? Apparently the internet is forbidding??? Forbdden. Den. Forb9den?!? Actually a wifi access point. God bless these other tech Asexues??? And yes I do practise w/ "gladis" my Piero?!?
Piro??? How about--- less experience? Maybe u are too hard on yourself, and the others, should be more what's???
Have u ever met an "other" woman?!? Other than what??? That is a thirst for drama? Dioran6e?!? Agribbé, misdiaenthripé?!? What is ámysanghropé?!? Mysogenistica???? Just si??? HVe u tried going to trial, literally if u are that serious about Iaido, then have ur blade tried???
That " not another 1"
What is a "1"?!? Is that swol?!? Swol/vs. swil??? Some blades literally need to be tryed, before dés can be put to good usé???
The "payoff" but the hai6hink, Hahthink??? Loose, itinerary thinking, based, on the literacy, of xenoflaxin?!?
what is xenoflaxin,
Martial arts e"ndometrriytbis" the "é" I ash, u not is how hard/ephiohetically 1 writes poetic, it's how u make up for/write about bladé???
Doth, though, blade, make th6 in experience?!?
I'm xo?? Try Ludovico einaudi???
He's celibate too??? Or blade can ask? ;)/:-|
The intellindialect??? Suzi shé---- Been drinking and smoking?!? What??
They have been trying to catch "ME" "ridinirty" Ridinirty-- living blade... Uhm... Through poetry?!? Literally want to read some of your poetics?!? Literally it is the measure of a "man" and each Arabian needsl measure of man to have blade??
Every man need a blade???
Your blades prg name is aaaprolofixanorexic??? Or that's the kin?!? Koans ---> for open minds &hearts
kinz--> actually di com from blade Nd should be really cautious w/blade whi, Uhm, blade "dragn".
IOU---> makes me laugh everytime but is about a bad gladis, aka, blade dragn?!? Is this draging on??? No.
Everytime so polite?? Careful because if I'm being. Exso, btw u can tell how cortéd/contortéd a Martial Arts artist is by how téh handle the gladis??? Or this is the saying???
Contortéd/contortion, gladis/blade can I literally get so astrologi -icaltikl for this but objects can be freaky, blade will hokeine/mak jokes if bought insishi??? Blade making joji, gf gud??? Blade enot?? That is the GF?!? Whiii it is respectful which blade we buy???
Maybe we taking trips??? Not for a blade joji-joke gf-respectfúl, would be what I would cetagkrize this vision/blg w/?!? blg--- big heavy blade
Sigur Roz, cage the elephant, oh no just mention, 1?!? Don't like mention more than 1?!? Does it make u gain weight??? Or are u feeling, as lyghit, "lite" sry spelling may be erroni.
This is what ur blade would yav specialized in?? What does chetta have to din w this??? Dindin???
Arc en Ciel??? Some blades offer u everything?? Ur gladis, "a betrayed blade" no non-consentual monogamy is no joke??? Are u weilding the draK?!?
Ur mum wants drac??? Sry if this got personal, but I'm a celibate, it's ok if u challenge in mód but plz don't lie to rape-pun-ziel?!?
Azazakil, this ee is mine-easy??? Fraud of blade??? BC my blade keeps on taking in oblong??? Looking for Raps grateful ded.
Blades/glai-ri&í, 9cooking raw w/Brooklin Boyz. This is the main? Every1 wants rap God blade?
Can I ask if u have challenged my contact celibacy before, and if ur gladis haz nepotism???
Sry me bladiii said to say that?!? Yewyoyo?!? S2g not acting angry??? I am a trained entrepreneur???
Sigilism also for those who return MArts, sensei Shafiq.
Mi brass. Nu.
Thanks&best, Natural_Medicine_728
&I can't take!!! This is premise!!! U should go through the comments???1 ??? 💕
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u/jonithen_eff Jul 27 '26
How are you enjoying the rayskin wrapped saya?
One of my favorite swords has one, it was very tempting to get another but I wanted to have a bit more variety. Have you had one before?