Quite a while ago, there was  pair of menuki for sale that featured two old friends (or Sages) . They were either having a cup of tea or reading a scroll, cannot remember)

Sometimes they are depicted with a long tailed turtle. I have searched and searched for this thread but cannot find it. Can someone please help ?

I am looking for this kind of themed menuki or similar.
Thanks Guys.

Gwyn

I recently bought a 1943 kai gunto from an auction that is missing it's ashi/hangers on the saya. I know it used to have two, and that they were the kind that had screws, as the holes are still there in the saya:

Rather foolishly, I bought a pair of ashi from ebay before the sword arrived, but they are the type without the screws:

They are great, but just the wrong type (and a little too gold for my rather beaten-up saya) - so if anyone wants to trade one set of ashi for another, please let me know! Otherwise, happy to buy them separately if you happen to have a pair with screw holes in the right place.

Thanks, 

 George

 

I'm looking for Goto school Tsuba. Please PM with pictures/offer if you have one for sale. Thank you. 

1. Tsuba featuring a central core / seppadai mechanically joined to an outer rim / mimi,
2. Tsuba made of assembled plates in the kabuto style,
3. Re-purposed tsuba, such as kutsuwa-tsuba,
4. Tsuba featuring a unique snake motif.

The budget is flexible and can be quite substantial, depending on the appeal of the specific piece.
Here are a few examples. Thank you for your attention!
 

I've never actually seen one, but apparently they exist:

https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-2367631

So, if that was your winning auction in 1970, and 50 years later you're bored of it... 😉

More seriously, genuinely interested - prefer papered (TH), but anything considered.

I'm looking for a owari fuchi kashira set.

Thank you,

Sergio Martins 

please send me a PM if you have any of these copies you would like to sell.

Thank you,

Brent

iam looking for few parts for a kai gunto.

2x Ashi

1x Semegane

1x Sarute

If you have them to Sell i would appreciate if you contact me. I like to see them all

If my words arent correct, theres a picture with Source that you can see what iam intrested in.

[Source : Japanese MILITARY SWORDS - I]

Looking for Myochin tsuba that may be lurking out there. I have seen the ones available on NihontoWatch but they don’t interest me.
 

 Interested in the following specs:

Signed is preferred, but papers arent necessary

70mm minimum

Good condition

Mei is legible

Thank you kindly

-Kevin 

-Edward

1. Kojiri in shakudo Omori style waves

2. Kurigata in shakudo Omori style waves

3. metal part for the kozuka pocket in shakudo. Omori style waves.

4. Koi menuki in shakudo

Please look at the picture to see what to match

Regards

Anthony de Vos

I am looking to reenter the habit after a long hiatus. For those that don’t know me, I used to focus on the Kasama Ikkansai Shigetsugu group and amassed a nice collection before life took a detour. 
 

I am specifically looking for the Miyairi school, Enomoto Sadayoshi group, and Minamoto Moriyoshi. I do like So Tsutomo and Matsuba Kunimasa as well, so while I do have a preference to these groups, I’m not locked into them. I do have a preference for shinsakuto, gendaito, and possibly shinshinto. 

I’m looking to get a couple of blades to get started.

Feel free to message me if you have any excellent examples you’re looking to move - or know of any. 

... I have NICE 4th genration Kunikane wakizashi fitted out in what I assume are Sendai koshirae --- but it has lost the kuirkata. The small wooden base is still there, but the iron exterior is gone. Anybody got one for sale???

Peter