Prewar70

Hello and thanks for the info. I’ve attached some additional pictures. Geraint the seppa and TSUBA were definitely cobbled together. The remaining all seem to be a set and overall a nice package. They appear to have a copper base maybe judging by some color coming through. The wire inlay has a nice gold color.

I recently purchased a sword, and the fittings look good to me. I brought the tsuka to my local jeweler and she tested the menuki in several spots with her radar looking gun. They came back ranging from 14-17kt gold. I don't plan on removing them unless someone thinks I should. I'm wondering what you can discern from the pictures. Is it unusual that they're gold? Does automatically indicate a good maker and quality? Thank you for your help.

Interesting, thank you for that information. Is there anything here that looks older the Edo? I reminded him about pics of the other side and better quality, hoping he gets to it soon.

Interesting story. We had a birthday party at our home this Saturday, and a family member was in my workshop and noticed a sword of mine. As we were talking about it he said he had a collection of tsubas and was wondering what he had and what to do with them. His parents, years ago like in the 50s or 60s bought a home. I know, get's your heart pumping as you know where this is going. They were cleaning out the basement and found a group of swords along with the tsubas. His brother has the swords, and he got the tsubas. He sent me pictures this morning. I'm looking for guidance to pass along to him. You can feel free to message me. I think he wants to sell them because he's had them for a long time and has never known how to approach doing anything with them. Is there anything that jumps out at you as "this could be worth something?" As a group if someone wanted to put a ballpark price on them that would be helpful. Fun story, and looks like some interesting ones for sure. Thanks for your help. And if there's anything in particular you'd like to see better images of let me know and I'll see what I can do. Thanks.