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Thank you Jean for the explanation. I use the camellia oil also for our kitchen Knifes. In my house the climate is dry between 40 and 50.

Is that this WD 40? WD-40 Multifunktionsprodukt 500 ml Smart Straw, 41034 https://www.amazon.de/WD-40-Multifunktionsprodukt-Smart-Straw-41034/dp/B003UTV08E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1483040852&sr=8-1&keywords=wd+40 I use camelia oil. If WD 40 is better i would change. Should i do that? Regards Chris

Hi Grey thank you for your opinion. I think the Tsuba was mounted. I tried to make pictures in a differnet light.

I'm trying to find informations about this tsuba like school and age. Patina is dark brown. Deep carvings with a fine gold pattern. Measurements: Diameter: 70 mm Weight: 131 gr Mimi: 4 mm Thanks for watching Chris

Here is a reference Tsuba from Tetsugendo Sharaku with Seal Toshiyuki. http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/tsuba-with-design-of-travelers-sheltering-from-a-storm-12173

Yes I'm looking for a different attribution because Tetsugendo has a complete different mei. What you think? The last 2 Kanji didn't fit

Any further ideas of this mei ? It's important for me to know where to search for school and artist. The Tsuba was discussed under Tosogu and the mei was translated but i think not that it was the correct translation. I would like to start a post here because this is the translation thread. I would be pleased if there come some light in reading the mei.

Thanks Brian. The Tsuba is not a Tetsugendo work. The mei looks complete different on a Tetsugendo Tsuba. I'm not sure now to read Tetsugendo on that Tsuba. Its a iron Tsuba with Kinko elements. The design and motiv remember me on some Soten work. Is the motiv Samurai Watanabe no Tsuna is fighting with the demon Ibaraki at the rashomon gate? "Edo period about 1680 (Enpô) Artist Hishikawa Moronobu (Japanese, died 1694)" Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Is the mei gimei? Is there a reference tsuba?

This tsuba fully hits my tastes

Help me Thierry,....

I was total false... Thierry you have it :-)

Thanks all for your opinion.

Ok so the conclulsion is badly done suriage gimei norimitsu? The blade looks not so bad. What you think about the age? Lots of activity i see. Nicley forged. If the blade was cut later in his age the mekugi ana would be newer driiled?

Thank you. But why is the nakago so short? I didn't have it in hands but it seems not that this nakago is formed. I thougt is it was a broken sword and the smith made a nakago trying to save so much from the blade lenght as he could. Maybe it was a sword from norimitsu and the smith who made that nakago signed it with the mei of him. The short nakago make no sense for me.

A friend of mine will sell that sword. It's a koto blade and it has a very short nakago. My guess is that this blade was part of a tachi and was broken. The signature could be Norimitsu? What you think? regards Chris

Very nice blade!

I read it also last evening. There are many very good articles.

True words John. It's a passion we like. And a passion was almost expensive. If i would look on this hobby as a trader i would not have fun.

Everyone want to buy a treasure for his collection. But the price what is paid for must not the price that other would pay or can pay. I thik it is a little bit like trading stocks. I buy it and think wow that was cheap. When it's time to sell mostley the price is down.

Thanks so far for your experience. I think i have a series of bad luck. It is sad that it hits old art and destroy the part of worth of same very nice pieces. A how to pack a sword tutorial would be fine to avoid some failures in our community. I think the target must be preservation of culture goods. And not to destroy them by sending it around the world.

Stefan, through the internet more people come into collecting. Before the internet it was much more difficult to contact other collectors and recieving informations. And dont forget we all getting older. I'm nearly 50 now and the time goes by and the younger come. I didnt know how many swords get lost every year by fire, damage, false handling or get stolen. But they count much more than new ones coming in the ring. Haha my english is so terrible.

I recieved my 5th sword from members here with a transport damage. How did you handle damage? In 3 cases the seller did not package the sword correctly (tsunagi in shirasaya and the sword mounted in koshirae, in other the blade splittet the saya by sending the sword in the saya without a tsuka, in other the sword was badly wrapped with airfoil and so on.) I didnt want to go in a fight with other members but i ask myself if this only happned to me. If i ask friends thier sendings recieve is always perfect. In one case the kissaki of the blade looks out of the package. This was dangerous and stupid and i didnt know if the litte scratches on the kissaki are a result of that. I must say that my other buyings are perfect. All that from Japan coming without any problems. What is your experience?

As Big said it. The nakago was welded. Edit: Conclusion it is not welded.

Thanks Big i see it now. This is not very funny for JPY ¥1,650,000-