Thanks everyone, It may well be fake but the detail is amazing. I don't think you can see the carving of the dragon on the photo, that runs around the outside edge.
If anyone has any idea how to get it valued, would be much appreciated.
Thanks Chris, I have compared my tsuba to the photos of the original Soten and I cant stop thinking that it wouldn't look out of place along side and to be honest the detail on my tsuba seems to be more intricate than anything I can find. (keeping my hopes up :D)
Thanks, my fingers are crossed and hope it is the real article. there is a good weight to it which probably doesn't mean much. Image tsuba3.jpeg is a view of the back Steve
Hi all I have had this tsuba for a long time and recently I have been trying to find out some info about it, how old is it? what sort of metal it is composed of, what the Japanese writing on it says and the big question, is it valuable?