jason_mazzy

the fifth kanji in the square, is that a brandname? can you read the gold kanji on the left? these are in the same pouch.

the first set is old, this is a newer set looks 70's to 80's with the type of pouch. Trying to figure out if it is worth bidding in. I bought the first pair because it appears to be a true handmade. not sure if these newer ones may be handmade or mass produced. Hoping to find a brand name so I could pinpoint it. I will try to find a different kanji pic.

thank you so much. I forgot to add the photo: please again give me your expertise.

Also these ones please. Thank you so much. edit to add photo:

Thank you ahead of time. they are supposed to be Japanese brought back from the war and as many know I do bonsai so I need to know if I should jump on these. Thank you.

This piece was sold several years ago and I am looking for a piece very similar or this piece. If the owner was on the board I was curious if they were interested in selling.

http://www.ricecracker.com/tsuba/tsubapage7.htm

You should post these things in advance my friend... i am sure there are a few of us who could have arranged something and gotten together.

looks like a foil of some type on top.

Guess it is sanmai construction then with some gold laquer. the theme I felt it was a rooftop seeing the bamboo on only one side.

I don't believe it is laquer. I was cleaning it so it looks wet here. it is not wet looking, but maybe it is. coul explain the gold look. with copper underneath. but the plate color itself seems like shichu

It definately had gold wash and highlighting maybe a brass sheet. Appears to be sandwich construction. Non magnetic.

Here we are:

I have found the camera and will update with pictures this evening or tomorrow. I have a very important meeting today at the lodge so i will not be around in a few minutes.

I cannot find my camera so i cannot post a pic right now, but I need your help. I almost ruined a tsuba through love and care.... The tsuba was grimy along with the other grimy fittings that came in on a dilapadated tachi. The tsuba was large and round and looked to be made of shinchu. Well there was a lot of old muck in the detail crevices so i gently washed it with soap and water and it lightened up a bit. I then took to a paper towel to dry it and gave it a vigorous rub and a lot of black came off on the towel, so i figured I should leave it alone. Except the little bamboo and flag/mop looking thing needed some "Q" tip action to get the black chunks off. Well after a minute it looked good and had a li'l shine to it and some "highlighting"... hrmmm looks like copper thats weird..... eeeerrrr hit the breaks. A brass tsuba should not be copper so out came the microscope and the loupe... son of a gun it appears to be a copper tsuba that was carved then gold and/or brass overlayed. Common technique? schools?

micro tools fiberglass pen

Looks like cast brass that was patinad.... but I seen a nihonto and samurai related gear, with someone pulling the tongue of a monster with human hands... so I was curious what this was.

What exactly is the subject matter? and is there an example of a good original Japanese one?

TY sir.

What does it say? Any idea when it was made? Thank you in advance.

apparently I'm to dense to notice it was in english also. LOL Thank you again. BTW all the dirks here have white handles. This one has a black handle. Is that a concern?

Perfect thank you. Now if I could only translate the site LOL.

How do you remove the handle? I have not seen in it real life yet just photos but it looks very nice. But from the pics I do not see a bamboo peg. Are they mounted differently?