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Isn't it easier with google translate? If you say it has been translated we can make some allowances

I don't think anyone knew about the funeral until it was too late I too have looked after his table whilst he had a look round At the fair last Sunday I was going to show him these

Thanks Manuel. I bear it in mind about a commission

Very nice Manuel I was drawn to the flowing lines Ford Hallam's first success was in this class Do you do commissions?

Thanks for the links and I'll check them out

I thought I had some images of differing wrap styles but maybe just in my imagination or an obscure book With Colins reply I don't think I'd be able to find a more definite answer I worked out the scale from the link supplied but I assume my maths (yes it should have an 's') makes the denticles minute but they are a great match Are we looking at circa 1850 or much later?

Is this a difficult one?

Chris has just let me know that T424 is in fact a sago palm

I thought it would be easier to start a new post as the 1st anjd 2nd PDF's have been merged into one PDF containing 134 tsuba. The images have been enlarged, improved and all follow a standard format For those that have already downloaded the PDF's I would suggest you download the newer version Tsuba sale PDF https://www.dropbox.com/s/qgqb7ufnjivwogo/Third tsuba sale June 2023.pdf?dl=0 I've shown below my tsuba book link https://www.lulu.com...t_audience_rating=00 FYI My books sales made to the following countries Arabia, Australia, Belgium, Britain, Canada, China, France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands New Zealand, Poland, Russia South Africa and Sweden and the United States of America The most sales going to the USA and follwed by sales to the UK Still waiting for my first sale to Japan! Thanks for looking Grev

A friend would like to sell this Kinai tsuba £150 + shipping In good condition I don't know the size but I can ask

I recently bought this from Higo-san (Chris) He bought it because of the style/wrapping as did I. I'd like to find out a bit more about if anyone can help The wrapping is unusual and very well done and something I've not seen before The 'sharks skin' is also unusual as instead of the normal nodes this has scales that look like sharks teeth Fuchi is nice nanako and the kashira is plain Any idea what would be suitable menuki to use if I decide to add them

I'm sorry to say that I missed this post. I've bought many tsuba etc from Peter and regarded him as a friend who I've known since the late 1970's Sadly missed

So glad you like it and letting me know you have received the tsuba No matter how I try to take a decent image 90% of the time the buyer says it is better in hand Be nice if you can add your comments to my post as may help with other buyers Grev

I will be at the fair tomorrow but only taking a few tsuba, a WW1 parade sword and a few fitting If you are going please introduce yourself. Always nice to put a face to a name Grev

Many thanks Morita san

Sorry if I posted this before!!!! A friends tsuba PS I saw a post earlier asking about flowers in a river but I can't find it now Can someone let me know where it is?

A visit to the local Post Office gave me a surprise The shipping charges have have gone up a chunk since I last posted some tsuba I will have to change my shipping charges including combined postage I'll do this when I merge my PDF

Been a bit of a rush over the last week Some sold privately and a couple on eBay (big loss as expected) as in an earlier post These have been removed from my two PDF's and the two PDF's have been updated 014, 106, 120, 177, 230, 296, 326, 344, 370, 384, 455 and 471 Once post I do my normal donation to the NMB Possibly next week I will merge the two PDF's

The line in the middle of the cut outs show this to be cast Should be one of the first things to look for

Thank Marcus I remember the tsuba now

These may be of interest as they look to be going for a lot less than I paid 1st one with noted damage 2nd one could be a copy https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304962199770 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304962204918 18 hours to go from time of posting

Hi John These are the closest I have T128 22.3 x 7.2. In the 1st PDF T439 19.8 x 6.6. In the 2nd PDF Grev

Mine has a similar feel to it Hoan Circa 1650 Acid etched 12 Ken or 12 Kanabu 81 x 80 x 4.7mm

T120 and T326 have been sold

I quite like No 14