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Look for a tsuba restorer for a repatination but the cost may be more than the tsuba is worth

One from the Birmingham museum Higo Edo circa 1800. Couldn't delete the double!

Lewis beat me to it They consider they only have obligations towards the sender I have had similar problem selling so I have raised the questions. Luckily they have been found I always ask for papers to be sent separately as there is only a little cost involved and it doesn't go through customs Nobody will usually steal an envelope Good luck with your search and you never know it may magically turn up. Most I've waited is three months but I know others have waited longer

Thanks John These are tsuba I owned but some have been sold or are for sale in my PDF tsuba sale. The second 'H' number may be in error Weave Bushu Ito Masatada 1650 Fans Bushu Ito Masatada 1800 Daikon Bushu Ito Masatada 1800 Flower Bushu Ito Masatada 1800 Dragon Bushu Ito Masatada 1800 Aubergines Bushu Ito Masatada 1800 Eagle Bushu Ito Masatomi 1800 Tea Bushu Ito Masayoshi (正義) H048482 1850 Mokume Bushu Ito Masayuki H049190 1900 Sukashi bird Bushu Ito Mumei 1775 Dragon Bushu Ito Mumei 1775 Pines Bushu Ito Mumei 1775

I have never seen an authenticated akao ito tsuba I don't think Marcus ever did a translation

Thanks Dale A couple of links where broken and one shows the book is for sale for $130 but it is in Japanese I did a search but found only two links When someone for example as Mr Haynes or auction house states a school as Bushu or Bushu Ito there must be differences but I don't know what they are

Searching just came up with this: THE ITO SCHOOL OF TSUBA MAKERS The Ito: a silk covering of the Samé that enhances grip

I'm going through my tsuba and there are a number described as Bushu and others as Bushu Ita When I put these in to a school should they all be just added into the Bushu school?

Thanks to Shingen Rick The link should be permantly available on line at the link below https://1drv.ms/b/c/...PRH9ul7uOPA?e=vwfI53 If there is a problem post rather than PM me so Rick can see it as well I've tried the link on three different browsers and it works for me The NMB comes through with another winner - thanks Brian and Rick

Sounds good to me I'll need your email so I can send you the PDF file No rush

Thats very kind of you Rick. I would need access to amend the PDF as I remove the tsuba page when I get a sale

Thanks Brian On Tuesday I'll try MS One Drive again but if I have problems I will try Proton Drive

Hi Rick Initially used an ideal programme but when it went over the maximum storage size it required a paid subscription so I deleted every thing just to hold the tsuba PDF file but it didn't work All the freebees I've found only allow it to be used for a few days I did have MS Onedrive that worked OK but I didn't like how it handled my directories so I uninstalled it I think I may have to bite the bullet and reinstall it! I'll also look into creating a website but I didn't want the 'faff' So it will be unavailable for the time being and I'll post when it is available again

I did enjoy this video - thanks

Hi Paul It was so worth adding this as a download and there may be errors which hopefully can be remedied by NMB members ~I did a similar exercise for Namban tsuba which was no where near as good as your research Do I see overtones of Soten work but I need to read it more carefully later

Hi Jean I just clicked on the link above and it took me me a page and on the left hand side was the download link Did you get this far?

Thank you Colin for your kind words New tsuba sale pdf link https://mbf.me/2gmRLQ @It should be OK for a few days

No problem I found this out on the internet Shakudo tsuba by Soten. Signed, Eshu Hikone Ju Mogarashi Soten. The school was founded by Shoten, and the first mei was Kitagawa Uji Soten. He was born in Kyoto, and later lived in Goshu (Omi province) Hikone, and was the originator of style of work referred to as Hikone bori. He is of the Go of Soheishi (Mogarashi). There is a story that Soten resided in Kyoto during the Edo period, after Genroku (1688 -1704), when this type of complicated and gaudy works were highly prized. This is fair to good condition

John I checked the link and see it is Edo - that is a broad spectrum I'll recheck my books for Mogarashi as I couldn't find it the first time I looked. I'll try Sesko's book Thanks Kyle Yes a bit of a mess I mixed up Mogarashi with the earlier tsuba! Doh

This is last tsuba mei It has been on the NMB before and was described as 'a rare O-SOTEN tsuba' but this means nothing to me The back is very faint and maybe the translation is wishful thinking but it kinda fits

I've added four new low cost tsuba As it a small PDF it can be attached Tsuba sale Nov 2024 added.pdf

Hi Michael Others have received the download OK (three have already sold) If you let me know which tsuba you are interested in I can send a single page to your email address I just checked the link and was initially told it would be active for 10 days but no I see they state it has possibly exceeded the permitted down loads! If you send me your email and I can send you a new link

As it's from a dealer however good his reputation I believe Mogarashi is not viable

Again thanks It appears that Mogarashi is not mentioned at all The reference to O Soten is meaningless? In the matial arts ko and go are interchangeable and I should have picked that up straight away

Thanks Ed. A step forward