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My two kinko Namban tsuba. Yes they have been tested with a magnet Grev

Interesting information Ian

Will do later possibly just two tsuba

Some expert advice and you should take notice

There is one rare book and quite often you just get a photocopy I took me a couple of years to get the set so I think the value is OK

Hope I'm not poaching the post but does anyone have any non ferrous Namban tsuba I have two and think non iron is quite rare

Are the prices shown or do I need to send a price request?

I think a better image possibly taken outside and in focus will help

Welcome Greg and you will see other Aussie members on the NMB Grev

Quick bump

Tsuba No 41 has been sold - thanks

As the book came up in a post last week and someone hadn't seen the book I thought I'd give it a bump Although there is no need to reply I wondered who on the NMB had bought any of the two tsuba books Grev

Hi Florian Just a bit of background to the book and museum Originally I wanted just to take the photos as a record and match them with the original descriptions - simple Very early on I felt there were many errors as their appraisals were made pre 1915 and from (I believe) local collectors/dealers It look me around four years with masses of help from the NMB to complete attributions that was at least 90% correct After I'd published the book I was notified of another collector who had done a similar exercise (I have a copy of his notes which were quite accurate) but the new attributions were never updated on the museum records Unless I do it myself the correct attributions will never be updated (shame) due to the resource problems most of the UK museums are under There are some shocking examples stating a well known makers that almost anyone can see is gimei/shiirimono For the early collectors there may have been dealers who inflated the importance of the tsuba for a higher price Pre 1915 the industrialist were very wealthy so could be taken advantage of Just seen this offer on my book(s) Your Promo Code: LULU10 for 10% off Grev

Hi Florian 95% it is Choshu I can't resist a plug so must give the book a bump! You can buy the eBook for £19.99 at this link. A few weeks ago all LuLu books were discounted by 20% so pocket money price https://www.lulu.com/shop/search.ep?keyWords=greville+cooke&type= There are over 500 tsuba in full colour and 24 Choshu example including the associated school Grev

Also looking at both the rim around the 'ana' are the same

That is a smart analysis I'd no idea what you were talking about until I saw the paper example

Shame no buy it now price Be interesting to see the final price

It looks the same as the mimi Taylored to suite special fittings?

Hi Yurie I did two books on tsuba and I know a lot less than you! Grev

This is a nice tsuba It took me nearly two years to find a Namban tsuba with no hitsu ana I was outbid on one then recently I found another and as a bonus is was 'kinko' So in my opinion a rare type but maybe others disagree

I'm a bit dubious when I see that whit colour showing through

I would prefer some more images Need to see various aspects of the blade which I can't do from the single image

How many of use will be trying Barrys tip?

I should have added the table of votes so shown below No Totals 1a 6 1b 2 3 5 4a 2 4b 2 5 1 6 Sell 7 1 8 3 9 2 10 Sell 11 1 12 0 13 3 14 1 15 1 16 0 17 0 18 0 19 4 20 1 21 3 22 2

I said this was just for fun but the response has exceeded my expectation and although there are only three tsuba I will move on that is a big step for me. It is very difficult to do this from just images so again many thanks Review 1a = Size 80 x 80 x 4.8 = 6 votes 1b = Size 75 x 73 x 5.3 = 2 votes I would have thought these two should be kept as a possible Daisho and would have expected them to have similar votes 3 = Size 83 x 84 x 4.9 = 5 votes Thanks to Curran I will take out 4a & 4b as not being Shoami Number 10 I like monkeys so although it is not the best example I will keep it Number 12 – I like the stylised clouds and waves so a keeper Number 15 What you don’t see is a very nice dragon carved around the mimi which is rare so a keeper Number 18 – Just a sucker for the stylised clouds I like to keep tsuba that are papered as good reference material. Also signed tsuba Number 16 – Has papers so a keeper Number 20 - Has papers so a keeper Number 6 With a recorded mei (in the Haynes Index) To move on Number 5 – Move on Number 11 – This is the one I was going to sell Number 17 – Move on I’d like to do the same exercise with my Bushu, ko Kinko, Tosho and the ‘unknown’ schools It all depends if the members find this a boring exercise