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I'd didn't know there was an upstairs!!!!!

Hi Just getting my stuff together My wife is helping me at the Fair so I'll have chance to look around Dave - I always have a look at your stand and will see you on Sunday Paul - I look forward to seeing you Peter - I'm not sure if you will be there but again it will be nice to see you I thought there would be more NMB members there but I suppose it depends where you live

Hijack in progress How about monster thickness? No idea why it is thick It is 67 x 66 x 5.6 / mimi = 12.5mm

Loss of inlay affects the price - the school/attribution can't change

A collector said try not to buy a tsuba with more than 10% of the inlay missing which is a good guide I've been trying to replace a Heianjo tsuba for a couple of years and managed to get a better example (from the NMB) a couple of weeks ago Try and buy one in better condition and more importantly one you like

Hi Bazza Nice link I liked Fuji through the branches & the single Cherry tree

Hi Peter Yes I have my own table It is number 180 so I assume this will be in the last room

Hi I am reducing my tsuba collection and this will be my first attempt at selling at a fair I will be at the Birmingham Arms and Armour Sale at the Birmingham motorcycle museum on the 19th February Would anyone attending who is a NMB member please introduce themselves as it would be nice to put faces to names A snapshot of what I will be taking and I may add a couple of other small fittings

While Kevin was staying with Ford he re-patinated my tsuba

Some great deals I waited about two years to get the Kinko Meikan and paid more for I have the /Natsuo and again paid more for this one I like some of the fittings book but shipping is prohibitive to send to the UK this leaves these book to the USA for the best bargains I think they should all be sold without any problems

Hi Thanks for the fast replies I would definately advise anyone to use Paul Martin but as I had a friend in Japan I asked them to submit the tsuba

Hi I have a tsuba in Japan that will shortly submitted to the Shinza panel (my first for Shinza) After the results how do I the tsuba back to the UK without incurring excise duty?

Hi Andrey I did a search in the UK for the Ikea cabinet (image below) as it would be idea for me

Hi I like these 'show us' posts and some amazing items have been shared These are just two Lidl display cases. I tried putting some Japanese prints behind the tsuba but then the tsuba did not show up very well I thought about painting the area behind the tsuba's white but as my wife had just decorated I thought it best not to push my luck In a previous post someone said they didn't like to display all there tsuba but preferred to keep in boxes and treasured opening and appreciating them one at a time I've yet to organise them into schools and then date so I can compare similar tsuba in one group These are my tsuba for sale cabinet (each draw holds four tsuba) and very shortly will be in the NMB For Sale section I live a few miles from Birmingham in the UK and I'm happy to show these items to any NMB member just PM me if you are interested

My mumei is: Tairyusai Munehiro (Sokan) With papers and sayagaki A wonderful katana

Must be my lucky day Two tsuba posts relevant to some of my tsuba This mine I looked in Legends in Japanese art (Joly) and on the internet and found nothing I can all the details from this post to my records Thanks

Hi Images can be a pain as my horse tsuba looks to have a poor patina but much better in hand I must take some better photographs) I feel sure Christian would not sell a dub on the NMB but even so if it was me I would still welcome comments on anything I posted In my opinion the NMB is still the safest way to buy Nihonto

I wondered about buying this tsuba as I bought the one below about a week ago and know nothing about it As some had mentioned the horse tsuba I have attached mine The patina is better than shown in the image

There is ALWAYS an excellent book by Markus Sesko

Hi Benjamin I would suggest buying the 'Sword of Japan' by J.W. Bott as it's cheap and has a lot of context for a beginner There are many good books but this is a good starter See if there are any Nihonto clubs in your area as they are always a wealth of knowledge I wouldn't rush into a polish just find out as much as you can then make a decision I like the sword and the 'cat scratched' habaki is a good sign

To me the script seems to have an uninterrupted flow and maybe sosho script I believe Marcus is the one to say if it is Japanese although he may not have the time to do a translation

Isn't the first posted image much better qualty and the two in the second post?

I don't think you are missing anything A work of Art it is not Price can only be due to rarity and I've not seen one before but do I want too?

Is this just a blank page that will be available in the future?

Land? As an area between to spaces