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i found 3 photos on my comp of tsuba i used too have. please coment on them as too if they were good and if so why? And if not i will learn something of my mistakes. btb sold them for about same price as i bought them, so if they are bad not an expensive lesson

thanks a bunch guys rkg i live in a small country and i think there arent alot of tsuba collectors here. tryed several searches for clubs etc.. too no avail. any aditional info too help me on that front will be helpful, then i know what i need too look for. antti orderd the first book you mentiont for a start, hope that helps me too see the differance fakes and works of art if anyone would be so kind as to send me some pics of tsuba they have and know alot about, maybe that will help too see it too make the better choices. As far as it goes at the moment i know what i like too see when i look at a tsuba can kinda tell if its old or not but thats about it. any advice you can give me about smaller details i can look at would be apriciated.

antti thanks for the link, learned a lot from it grey any advice about books with wich too start or a must have?

antti so far i only bought 8 tsubas in the past 2 years, that aint a lot i think and bought them becose i liked looking at them never even cared about authanticity but after a while you begin too wonder how old are they etc. the info you gave is something too think about though, im not like most of the collectors here i think. as in that it needs too be edo or before that, im contend with a meji era one as long as it good craftmanship en nice too look at like the heianjo.(aint earning alot of money as a cook, so beggers cant be choosers) ken thanks for the input and sorry that i forgot the name thingy, im really new too this.

is ebay that bad then? its about the only place i know i can get affordable pieces. almost no locally. and most other expert sellers have listings of over 250$ and that is kinda out of my price range.(im employed as a cook)

also bought these too there in the mail at the moment any info would be apriciated

thanks for the info so far guys allready thought the last one was nothing special got it in a pack with 2 others sold them tho kept this 1 dont know why really. grey i have too follow up questions 1 the nanban with the gold paint is the paint a bad sign (age authanticity etc) what would be the age in your opinion 2 what would you recoment for the gold removel btb all photos were taken with flash enabled wenn i took em was getting dark

thanks for the input mark, any info is helpfull. Dont know much about tsuba know what i like too see an can spot most fakes, but thats about were my knowlege ends. just hope the sellers are honest about there product, bought at ebay they were all from trusted sellers. ps i like the heianjo too its my best piece at the moment, it was worth every penny

Bought a few tsubas the past year, but dont have much info about them. Tryed too search the internet not many luck on that end then i stumbled on this forum, so here i am hope you people can help me out. Thanks in advance for any help Ben (ps: sorry for any bad english not native)