tsuba Any information about this piece is welcome.Thank you.

[roger dundas]

I would very much be interested in any information that anyone could offer me about this tsuba.

I'm not sure why I bought it because I don't particularly like it. Possibly because I thought a fair bit of work had gone into it and the price seemed cheap- $ 170 US in 2015, (but maybe this wasn't cheap ?) These are among the things I don't know.

 

73 x 70 x 6mm and quite heavy.

Attractive black colour.

 

 

Roger d.

[Ken-Hawaii]

Your photography is good, Roger. Shoami? Umetada?

[roger dundas]

Thank's for your comment Ken. My wife is the photographer and she will appreciate your remark. Actually we weren't happy with the first lot of pictures taken and posted and redid them, particularly after comparing them with her photos of two Soten tsuba posted about December 23 or so which turned out well.

 

Will the Board chastise me if I stray a little off topic and go back to( your) Aiado practice and discussion of earlier this year when you said you have practiced the discipline for, was it 20 odd years and without a cut. 

Thinking about this interesting fact , it strikes me that it would need the  strongest concentration and the best of instinctive and practiced reactions. And I presume the same for piloting a Phantom or most jet planes.

What I am alluding to is how also many, maybe all Samurai sword skills depended on these natural traits, refined by training and repetition. Otherwise, you're not here tomorrow.

 

Thanks for your indulgence.

Roger d.

[roger dundas]

   Iaido I now see.

 

Roger d.

[ROKUJURO]

Roger,

concerning your TSUBA, I am not sure about the way it was made. In some places it looks as if it was cast and decorated later. I hope you did not pay much.

[roger dundas]

Thanks once more Jean for your comment . Maybe(probably by the look of it) I did pay too much for it- $170US in 2015 ?

I have been uncertain as to just how this pieces was made, even wondering if some of the leaves and flowers hadn't been welded on- this might be a dumb consideration - I hadn't thought of it being cast at all .

The thing is that I am just unsure how to recognize some construction methods but this NMB has been just great for such as me in showing so many great things- including on the for sale section and the comments here.

 

Roger d.

[Steves87]

Hi Roger,

If it is ok, Id like to throw in my 2 cents and agree with Jean, especially in regards to the 'dot inlays'. Judging by the photos provided, It seems as the bulk of these are a cast 'dot' which have then been coloured in gold.

[roger dundas]

Good Lord Steve , it's getting worse and worse.

But I can live with that, it being the very reason for putting these items up for comment and more particularly - the all over education the comments give.

So thanks again Jean and Steve.

 

Roger 2

[Steves87]

Dont worry too much about this one Roger, I remember from an earlier thread of yours that you have some great Soten Tsuba that I would love to have in my collection, 

[roger dundas]

Thanks for that Steve, I try not to burn my fingers but it still does happen.

 

Roger d.