John A Stuart

Have you compared it to the Ishiguro bunch? The Sasa leaves seem to be something I recollect from somewhere. John

I can't reconcile the brassiness' of the hex tsuba, however the fact that shinchu is copper and zinc and yamagane is arsenous, lead or antimony with copper seems perfectly succinct, as in brass and bronze being different.. John

I;d use it to beat game or rustle out varmints. It could even scare marten out of eaves. John

Yes. Curiosity is like an itch where you can't reach. John

Mito.vibe here. John

16 smackers?? !! Super neat! John

I received a parcel from Wien in one week but still waiting over 3 months for some ground shipped things from S, China. Fluke or money talks? Got me. John

If only, it would have been a deal of note. John

Not a kantei point I would say, just what is seen fairly often for fitting tightly. Nothing irritates as much as that jingling sound of iron tsuba. John

No, for me. Incidental oil from handling and the handling itself abrading ever so slightly the surface is enough. I use no gloves as some do except certain tousogu. John

The family has a cadet branch in Iwatsuki also within Musashi-kuni that has a different kamon, sangai-bishi perhaps? Traditional family kamon is shippo shape. There was branches in Kamo, Hoi, Ichihar, Kazuza,, Omi and Koza in Sagami. Confusing yes?

Attractive little piece. John

It is strange that Japanese musketry, unlike other ancient practices maintaining tradition, use grams, fairly more modern, rather than fun. or momme. I could even see old Portuguese weights of oitava or escropolo used. The ball is weighed using the kan system as we see often, so why not the powder? John.

80 grams? I measure my powder in grains. 80 grams is over 1200 grains of BP. Wow! John

reminds me of a Kanabo or a Tetsubo. John