Both Shirasaya and Bukezukuri Saya are made with top quality Honoki wood, a member of the Magnolia family indigenous to Japan and chosen for sword scabbards because of the lack of pitch pockets and forgiving nature of the wood on a freshly polished sword blade.

Our Shirasaya can be embellished with ivory Hatome (pigeon's eyes) and black horn Mekugi and these we term as Good Shirasaya. Bukezukuri Saya include buffalo horn Koiguchi, Kurikata and Kojiri and are finished ready for lacquer.