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RobertM

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  1. Thank you all for your help Rob m
  2. Could someone be so kind to translate this mei. I've spent a few hours trying but have come up with just saku as the final kanji ????
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    eBay regrets

    Hi Mario, I've heard of shakudo rims being added but never iron. Does anyone have an example?
  4. RobertM

    eBay regrets

    Was bought from a fellow UK seller, I'm not familiar with Daimyo54.
  5. Doesn't the markings on the stand show where the rim was removed?
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    eBay regrets

    Some of the tendrils are carved in 3d overlapping without touching. Not something I have seen before on bushu or choshu tsuba.
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    eBay regrets

    Was bored from lockdown and from the fairly poor eBay pics it looked OK for a low bid. It almost has a nanban style look with shakudo insert in ana. Personally I find the design pleasing but the execution lacking.
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    eBay regrets

    So picked this up last minute on eBay based on some average photos. What bugs me is the lack of attention to detail in the rim where it's plain uneven in parts. Any ideas on school (hizen?) or just late Edo period hobby work?
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    Yamagane tsuba

    Do you think this yamagane tsuba would date from the muromachi / Momoyama period? 7x7x0.4cm. The photos make it appear much lighter than it is in the hand. Many thanks Rob M
  10. Initialy I would have said Kinai.
  11. Recieved today, looks even better than original photo.
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    Tsuba ID

    Thanks for the comments both. There is cross hatching on both sides of the seppa dai (something I haven't noticed before, with remnants of silver which I thought was just patina wear) The hatching even covers the mei. I presume with its original silver surface the mandate would have really stood out.
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    Tsuba ID

    Hi chaps, would you consider the design of this tsuba to be hanchiman-za (opening at the top of kabuto?) It's signed kunihiro, any ideas on school and what the design near the rim represents? 6.5 x 6 X 0.5
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    Tsuba Souvenir?

    I would say an Edo period functional tsuba thats been modified to fit a slimmer blade. Not much else to say really other than it's not modern.
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    "new" Tsuba

    Nice pics and write up ????
  16. One of my tsuba with same design signed bushu tamagawa nobutsune at the age of 64
  17. What's strange is that the cut is not very "clean"?
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    Come To Moma

    I'm just trying to understand the tsuba prior to restoration. Is that copper plating that's worn away from an iron base?
  19. Hi Florian, whats the design?
  20. Just wondering if there is an agent in the UK so can get tosogu papered? I presume the costs involved would be prohibitiv but just wondering.
  21. So nice! How would that crack have formed? Was it there from the start and just developed?
  22. Nice detailing, what's the mei?
  23. Thank you so much ????. Stupid question, I presume they are attributing to the kinai school or are they not being specific?
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