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Have you tried contacting the Ashmolian Museum?

T80 has been sold

T43 has been sold

Many thanks Gordon

Ooops I didn't display as a table so this is a guide Tsuba #10 is now £85.00 Tsuba #32 is now £70.00 and so on

Hi This post will be deleted in a couple of weeks as I have a few new tsuba for sale If anyone is interested I have made a small reduction of the price for the tsuba listed below: Tsuba # New price 10 £85.00 32 £70.00 36 £70.00 39 £135.00 41 £120.00 43 £65.00 48 £185.00 50 £120.00 54 £60.00 58 £40.00 61 £220.00 66 £350.00 74 £310.00 75 £130.00 79 £195.00 80 £65.00 83 £125.00 84 £60.00 114 £65.00 117 £175.00 134 £95.00 152 £245.00 166 £95.00 168 £220.00 170 £185.00 176 £525.00 177 £645.00 185 £150.00 187 £225.00 200 £125.00 206 £225.00 216 £95.00

Hi Lee Nice tsuba that like mine is at least 1mm wider than it is high

Hi Personally I have no other tsuba that is even 0.25mm wider than it is high! To me this appears to be by design so I wonder about the few that are different I think width to height is still rare If I can also ask about my other question about oval/round classification For example if we take 80mm as an average height A width is 78mm = 98% A width of 76mm = 95%

Hi Greg Always nice to see an image and I'm wondering how rare it is

Hi Can anyone give me an idea when a tsuba changes from round to oval? I know that size would be a consideration so maybe better to use a % As a hijack to my own post, does anyone have a tsuba that is wider than its height? I have a Nara tsuba that is 75 x 76 (wide) x 5.4mm I know it is only 1mm but it is an anomaly that doesn't occur on any other of my tsuba Grev UK

Brian I think a round of applause is in order

I have no idea how the namban seppa dai fits in with the general design Has one part of the design been added later?

I've just watched 'American Pickers' about an old car It was an Auburn but the restoration (ignoring the innards etc) only really removed the crud It was patchy worn and looked great - It promoted its age on its sleeve for all to see For years it was all about bringing a car back to showroom condition as this was the aim promoted at all the car shows It looks as if the trend is changing to not hiding the character/age I pleased to say that the posted tsuba has character

Hi Thanks for your replies but I did think there would be more response to stimulate a better discussion Guido I thought you were itching to say something now the caveat had been removed! I'm pretty well in agreement with the replies but I did have a tsuba repatinated to remove a very small blemish that distracted my eye every time I looked at it As it is a tsuba I'm sure I will not sell the price was immaterial

Hi Guido It is OK with me to ignore the caveat I was just worried where the discussion would end up

Hi I’m curious about the general feeling about restoring We have seen spectacular results of restoration posted on this forum Some times it is obvious that when a item has been reworked by an amateur (most of us will have seen the cleaned up religious painting) or damaged that restoration will be beneficial What about the attached image? This tsuba has only just been purchased from a member of the NMB and I’m very pleased with it so there is no need to discuss its merits You will see that there is no damage just discoloured If it was restored would it be, more desirable, less desirable or make no difference? I didn’t want to this topic to be based on value but just your personal views Grev UK

Great images - thanks Dave I wonder if there any more images available

Hi Sebastien This is a lovely fuchi but for a collector they really need the kashira If you look on the board under orphans there are loads of single items The possibility to match this up is virtually zero Apart from admiring the workmanship it could be 'up-cycled'

Hi Jean I took a couple of photo's and this was the best As you say, I'd assumed it was the tsuka maker

Hi I bought this from the NMB a couple of weks ago and noticed this kanji Does it mean anything? Grev UK

GB Token Ashmolean Tosogu lecture An event at the Ashmolean today organised by the GB Token Society was a great success. These events don’t just happen, there is always a bucket load of time and effort required by many of it’s members so please accept my thanks for a great day. It started with an introduction by Paul Bowman followed by: Pre Edo Iron Tsuba by Mark Radburn Ko Akasaka tsuba by Eckhard Kremmers What’s it made of and what does it tell by Ford Hallam Viewing various tsuba from the Church collection Each talk was exceptionally delivered and it’s the old cliché ‘you needed to be there’ but I will add a couple of quick comments. The significance of seppa dai and ‘ana’ shapes, differing surface and ‘iron bones’. Ford threw in a grenade re yamagane among other gems. Just in case you were wondering it was Ford that used the Spock analogy For me I loved seeing the various tosogu and swords in full koshirae. I have a tsuba once own by Eckhard which I showed him and he not only give me some additional technical points about the tsuba he also said it was originally owned by Sasano (bonus). After looking at black and white images of the Church collection is was wonderful seeing them in ‘colour’ So a congratulations to the organisers and I look forward to the next one Grev UK

I look forward to seeing you Are you taking any items with you?

Hi I meant to ask earlier but I wondered who would be at the Asmolean 'Tosugu at the Ashmolean Museum Oxford on 10/09/16 (tomorrow) I'll be there and it will be nice to put faces to all the collectors I've contacted via email Grev UK

Hi Randy I bought the tsuba book but couple it with the anatomy book that looked interesting I saw that shipping would be reduced for multiple buys The anatomy book was dirt cheap so it helped with the combined price I'll let you know more when I get them

Being a bottom feeder I get a lesson every time anyone says something