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kissakai

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  1. The auction says they will correctly orientate the tsuba shortly
  2. The 30% is the rub! Displays OK in the Northern hemisphere!!!!! Only joking. I did point out the incorrect orientation but it was too late for them to change the details
  3. I wanted to test the water so I put a few tsuba in an UK auction on Tuesday 12 March 2024 at 9.30am Obviously with buyers and seller costs it dramatically affects the original price so I'll see what happens My tsuba are lots, 132 to 141 and the link is below: https://www.sworder....&sd=0&pp=96&pn=2&g=1
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    Kozuka design

    Hi Piers Stylistically they are very similar but no 'E' or keyfret shapes Would it be read to to bottom or right to left? My Google search has shown me some super kimonos with a similar style I have a couple of books on mon and I've never seen anything like this
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    Kozuka design

    Good call My first impression and it's all I see is DUNE
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    Kozuka design

    Does anyone know what this design might be?
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    I think having your name on the image is OK A PM request to Henrik for a clear image may be acceptable to him
  8. Hi Jean I think it looks fine as it is
  9. Nice observation about the knot I'd seen this before and had no idea what this represented until this thread
  10. Same for me as Colins reply
  11. Maybe in part it is the image that changes I've taken hundreds of pictures of my tsuba and it takes ages with my basic set up I set the camera to what I think is the best settings then take the photos Add it to my computer to see the colour is way off and I may take the same photo many times before the colour matches Sometimes I can't get it right so add a note to my record to say it's brighter/darker - more of a bluey colour etc Fully enough every tsuba I've purchased from the NMB has been better in hand and the reverse is true when someone has purchased one of my tsuba Copper can be a nightmare and how to get the raven black old iron When Ford was near completing his set of books he told be he was getting the tsuba professional colour matched or something along those line
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