Peter Bleed
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I find myself wondering about what should happen to collections. I am still out there scouting and thinking about Japanese swords. But I also seem to be encountering collections - of diverse old stuff - that are being offered for sale. I like my stuff better, but seeing these other collections being broken up makes me wonder "When and how should a collection be dispersed?" What are good - and bad - ways of dispersing collections? Peter
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Ian, Thanks for these picture. I think I've got that one down stairs. I'll check next time I'm down there. Peter
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Expressing a reaction - much less a judgement - on a sword like this over the medium of of NMB seems dicey. But I do not respond well to either the signature or the horimono on this blades. It all looks seriously fake to me. Peter
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/Japan-Antique-Nanban-kabuto-yoroi-armor-katana-samurai-busho-koshirae-tsuba/163844344255?hash=item2625e249bf:g:yHEAAOSwMeVdbRFO Calling this Namban seems a stretch since it seems more northern to me Peter
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Anthony, How's your - ahhh - poison ivy rash? Monkeying around with urushi always looked to me like risky business. Peter
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Piers is much better at ink blots than I am. I can't read this at all! Peter
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I am sure that there were LOTS of cast iron tsubas being made in Edo times. Lots of low end "Namban" tsubas were clearly cast. Peter
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I'm a bit surprised to see all those 3-5 Kirimon. Nice, but not very "imperial" IMHO Peter
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WOW! Peter
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interesting problem - and discussion. Thanks to you all Peter
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Difficult Mei, Very Strange Blade Inserts
Peter Bleed replied to Cuirassier's topic in Translation Assistance
Yep, that looks pretty good P -
Difficult Mei, Very Strange Blade Inserts
Peter Bleed replied to Cuirassier's topic in Translation Assistance
I think this could be TAIRA,, that is suggesting a familial connection, = = like Fujiwara, Minamoto, etc. BUT I can make anything out below that. -
Dude's name was MASATSUNE. No idea who he was. Peter P.S. I'm also not sure of his family name. Amaike mebbe?
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This was, indeed, a useful discussion. Thank you all! Peter
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Geraint, Excellent advice. Komai is as close to methadone as I can image. Peter P.S. And for the record, I have collected Japanese swords since 1964 (and was Chairman of the JSSUS).
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Www.studyingjapaneseswords.com
Peter Bleed replied to yurie's topic in General Nihonto Related Discussion
Yurie, I love your site and I always learn from it. Thank you. When will we learn about Kunikane and other other swordsmiths of Sendai? Peter -
Dear Friends, I have never really considered myself a fittings collector, but as I recently got my Namban tsubas out and thought about them once again, I came to an uncomfortable conclusion. I can still tell stories about these things. And I know some that are well-crafted. But I am left with the nagging feeling that they are basically like cuff links and lapel pins. Am I over kodogu? Peter
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The "top one" is signed Sekihara MICHIHIRO. My guess is that he was a cutlerer in Seki who made army swords. P
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Thank you Steve, Shige it is! Peter
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90% easy to read, trouble is the difficult 10% is the key part... Peter
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Handwriting and penmanship, I think this guy was better with hammer and tongs than he was with chisels. Darn nice! P
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toshihide p
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Attached is a page of a 1948 Martin B. Retting catalog of Antique Arms. The operation was in West Hurley NY at that time but I think they are in Los Angeles these days. In 1948 nice gunto were worth 20 bucks,. Peter
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Colin, When I step up to help with tsuba signature, it is like hearing the canary cough, but but I think this is signed Efu ju TOSHINAGA with no pride, I am, your truly, PBleed
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looks like it is about the fittings, not the blade IMHO P
