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Looks interesting but some will translate it much quicker than I can (and probably more accurately)

Some Tanaka tsuba My papered example but the colour is way off. Very late so nowhere near the craftmanship of the earlier examples: Museum pictures from my book and there more shown with both sides of the tsuba:

Tanaka is one of my favourites but out of my price range Look at some examples to see the extreme skill used in making them

Hi and welcome to the NMB At the moment please do not touch anything If you happen to damage it at this early stage it can be irreparable and we are better than that Get some images on the forum and they will guide you through the care of this sword As it's passed through the family there is no reason to think it is gimei The one possibility is it's been signed by an early smith

This my mumei T232 that may be a Norisuke tsuba

FYI Limited to 500 copies and I've ordered the translation

Steve - Did you get your copy signed? I received my copy yesterday and it is superb After delivery I asked about an English translation and they do sell this as well " Currently, we offer a comprehensive English translation and commentary of the Nobuie book for purchase. This edition includes additional contextual information, such as Kanji structures and explanations, to enhance your reading experience. The translation is priced at 17,500 JPY plus shipping (3,500 JPY)." At present, a PDF version of the translation is not available I wish I'd known about this as I could have saved on the shipping

I've of the same opinion as Kevin

Thanks Curran I've just found the Chrysanthemum leaves are a similar shape to the first tsuba

Hi I'm finding this design a bit difficult to determine It looks like holly but that doesn't seem right

I've always kept a record of my tsuba in a doc format as below I also keep a spreadsheet so I can easily organise them in any order such as schools and dates With the record you can add as much or as little as you like This one of my earlier records from over ten years ago and nothing has really changed but now I remove the tsuba background to white

I'd like to see close ups of the 'falling apart' areas

I think any NMB member can buy, this way the (gold) seller will have a larger pool to sell there items

I'll re-raise my earlier point Only gold members can post items for sale

Thank you both

Anyone know what is design represents?

A lot of works has gone into this document - many thanks. A valuable reference

Congratulations - a lovely achievement

Too new?

I have tsuba that are signed both sides so I know what you mean

I wondered about that A knowledgeable friend did say the name could be correct but as yet unkown

Mauro, I did see that in Sesko's book So far a mystery

Thanks Steve I do have the Wakayama book but it's not in there I hadn't though about the name

I have quite a few tsuba makers where the maker is unknown A resent one being: Nobukuni Masatoshi 信國 正壽 I have quite a few reference books but found nothing Apart from an internet search is there another resource I can use? I know maker from say 1800+ can be problematic

Not sure if this has been mentioned earlier but only gold members can offer items for sale but anyone can buy