Marius

Very nice katana tsuka with copper fuchi/kashira by Manuel Coden. Menuki are old. length: 28.5 cm Fuchi 4 x 2.3cm, nakago ana 0.8 x 2.2cm Kashira 3.6 x 2.0cm $150 plus shipping (EU will be cheap, US will be 50 bucks by Fedex)

Just to make it clear - @kissakai bought the tanto size shishi Number 1 shishi are still available.

US-BUYERS, PLEASE READ before committing to a purchase: As the Polish Post won't ship anything to the US (except for documents) please be aware that the cheapest courier service will cost $60. I should probably change currency to EUR...

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT SHIPPING Dear buyers, Thank you for your purchase. I am travelling now and will be shipping the books on 11th and 12th May. I will be back with tracking numbers. Have a nice day

Thanks Brian!

I love mushrooms, and the menuki are on hold for you. Thanks!

Let us continue 7. Persimmons, gilded In box. $150 plus shipping 8. Plum blossoms, Momoyama Custom box. Yamagane. $350 plus shipping 9. Hotei (?) In box $100 plus shipping 8. Kamoshika (Japanese serow), Momoyama In box. Momoyama Called "spirit of the forest" and "living national treasure of the forest" the Japanese serow is supposed to bring you many years of luck (if you spot it, that is). Utterly charming menuki made from yamagane. $350 plus shipping

US-BUYERS, PLEASE READ before committing to a purchase: As the Polish Post won't ship anything to the US (except for documents) please be aware that the cheapest courier service will cost $60. Some will fit a katana, some a wakizashi or tanto. I will post measurements later or on request. Every pair comes in a box, except for one of the persimmon menuki sets. If you need menuki, you will find it hard to find such prices. In a couple of days, I will post everything shown here off the NMB, too, so do not think too long. Tarts and all, don't you know 1. Shishi. Shakudo Comes in a box. Much nicer than in picture. Looks like Goto work. Shakudo $200 plus shipping 5. The Story of Choryo 張良 and Kosekiko 黄⽯公 Old and charming Chinese story: https://news.library.mcgill.ca/choryo-and-kosekiko/ Shakudo. $150 plus shipping 6. Bundles of narcissuses in box. Shakudo. $150 plus shipping

Would every winner, except for @Scogg, @Danny D @Alex A send me a PM with their address and the title(s) of the book(s) won? Thanks!

Very kind of you, Marcin, I appreciate the additional $

Of course Brian is right. We are not too strict here.. However, #7. Shumi no Nihontō, has been bid for before the deadline. So it goes to Dan K. Sorry Nathaniel… Now, may I ask the winners to transfer the offered amounts to Brian? Upon confirmation of receipt by Brian, I will proceed with the shipping. Again, many many thanks to all

Most generous of you, thank you @Danny D

Just two days to go. Do we have more bids/bidders?

Thank you @Rawa and @Mark S.

Thanks Thomas

Sam, your two offers are most generous. It is obvious you are doing this for the forum. As a member I am grateful for that ☺️

Gentlemen, if you bid $5 and you win, then... you win and get the book. No risk here and no reason to be ashamed of not offering more than the starting price. I'd rather have $5 go to the NMB than zero if the book is unsold.

I have adjusted the post by removing all sold tsuba. It looks much clearer this way.

SOLD, admins please delete, thank you

Thanks Alex and Dan

ALL SOLD, thanks!

Wow, thank you Sam

Forgive me the advertising, but I don't want my auction go unnoticed. You will find it here:

Let us make this a 10-day auction - ending on Thursday 23 April, midnight CET. Starting price for each book is $5 The highest bidder is expected to make a donation to the NMB, and upon confirmation from Brian I ship the book. I cover all shipping costs to EU, while shipping to the US should be $10 (if less, you pay less of course, If more, it's on me). Let us begin then 1. Ro No Cho, Nagai Sōkei A Japanese ikebana book. ================================================ ================================================ 2. Ikebana, Japanese Flower Arrangement, John March-Penney An American ikebana book ================================================ ================================================ 3. Japanese Dandyism: Samurai, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography A nice book with many 19th century photographs of Samurai. ================================================ ================================================ 4. Samurai Koshashin-chō, published by KADOKAWA Another book with many 19th century photographs of Samurai. Subtitled: Portraits of Men Who Lived by Bushidō ================================================ ================================================ 5. Sotheby's nihonto auction catalogue from 1979 ================================================ ================================================ 6. Japanese Swords and Fittings in the Western Australian Museum, George Trotter ================================================ ================================================ 7. Shumi no Nihontō, Shibata Mitsuo ================================================ ================================================ Good luck and thanks for participating

If I may chime in - the photos do not do this blade justice. It's a terrific tanto, and for this price... Fantastic deal. Soshu-style tantos are not exactly easy to find.