Build a Tsuba Coffee Table with Dale Barnard Video DownloadA Greene & Greene Coffee Table! The "coffee table" didn't exist when Charles & Henry Greene were designing, but craftsman Dale Barnard saw the need and went to the Gamble Houses Tsuba shaped dining table for inspiration. Whats a Tsuba? The hilt guard from a Japanese Samurai sword; the shape influenced Charles Greene so much that he used it in many furniture designs, and Dale adopted it here. While building this beautiful mahogany table, youll learn: