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  1. https://varshavskyco...collection/tsu-0315/ https://bushidojapan...Kiri_leaf_Motif.html https://iidakoendo.com/9315/ This last one has the same cut out in the nakago-ana and is described as by Nishigaki Kanshiro
  2. We have seen nakago-ana with a set design cut into it - certain Higo tsuru patterns.
  3. Non magnetic? The repeated pattern, mirror reverse on each side would suggest Sanmai but could be Ko-Kinkō. this side view of the hitsu looks like thin foil such as you find on sanmai but I can't see the typical three layers. Has the surface got any peeling? There look like area's where there is wear through the foil? If it is sanmai the outside rim is well joined, I can't see any seams. Interesting old piece - no modern fake for sure.
  4. I think this link could be added here - nice Mandarin duck and waves sanmai https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/48181-tsuba-help/
  5. Spartancrest

    Tsuba help

    Thanks Mark, the ura view gives me even more confidence the bird is a duck - short legs, upturned tail and wing tips. I wonder if other examples with this pattern will turn up? Maybe not this particular one [Hokusai might not be impressed!]
  6. I think once you have that guard in hand you will be very happy with the patina, photos can sometimes give a deceptive pale look - add my vote for original patina, well cared for and very old. If you want to compare artificial patina you can check out this auction site https://www.jauce.com/user/dj2hmyuc this guy's stock is made yesterday and has that oily black finish you will get using that "colour-enhancing rust preventive agent" found here. https://www.jauce.com/auction/l1126749580 Both the modern backyard tsuba and the artificial patina can be found on ebay as well. https://www.ebay.com/itm/386829157016 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/386845822320 https://www.ebay.com/itm/254728433191 I would not recommend any of this stuff used on antique tsuba. By the way that same guard you are looking at for $133 USD is also selling over on Jauce https://www.jauce.com/auction/c1128842948 or Buyee https://buyee.jp/ite.../auction/c1128842948 at a starting price of $6.71 USD - it pays to shop around! Signed "Tetsujin" For comparison of the mei you might find something here? https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/12900-tsuba-mei/
  7. Spartancrest

    Tsuba help

    The bird reminds me more of a Mandarin duck. But what would a duck be doing at sea? I am not sure what this bird is, duck body, seagull head? Mark does your guard have a fukurin or is it all the same material with carved integral rim? Also is the opposite side the same design? Could it be Sanmai?
  8. Spartancrest

    Tsuba

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176207790259 This is the link to this image https://nahwalwatan.org/item/530644/goods But I can't open it. https://tw.daigobang...html?aID=g1096759934
  9. Spartancrest

    Tsuba

    Hi Murry, my first impression is that the guard is cast, the hitsu sizes are odd and the two oxen/bulls are ill defined. [Higher definition images would help but I am more than 90% sure it is very late 19th century cast work] There is a similar design in this thread but the two animals are much clearer and the sukashi areas are much finer as in this image https://www.agsa.sa....y-their-tails/36468/ https://www.liveauct...tsuba-with-two-oxen/ See also https://www.zacke.at...suba/?lot=14785&sd=1 https://www.invaluab...io-860a-c-16d4db6a57 [This one very likely a modern cast example thrown in with a mix of other copies] https://sbg-sword-st...rect-custom-options/
  10. https://www.liveauct...t-daimyo-procession/ https://art.thewalte...-wedding-procession/ kozuka https://collection.p...com.au/object/183028
  11. Spartancrest

    Giant Tsuba

    Decorative wall hanger, many are made as trivets as well. The design is not a million miles from this Chinese fake. This Kabuki actor's sword has a tsuba of at least six inches?
  12. The cold hammering - no - FAR TOO MUCH WORK FOR A CHEAP FAKE. The nunome - no. The fakes are usually either hand painted or these days they are "printed" with colour, it is rarely coloured correctly and though it might appear as 'gold' I strongly doubt any real gold is used. There are guards that use mercury gilding but they are antique and not to be confused with the modern fakes - mercury gilding probably won't work on some of the low temperature alloys they use on fake guards and it is also highly dangerous to your health. Chinese fakes, colours are all wrong. Paint gone astray on the antennae of this bug. These are very obvious faults, better fakes were made at the end of the Meiji period and into the early years of the twentieth century 'Gold' paint overflow on this common cast "butterflies" namban - most don't bother, too much trouble and often detracts from the finished item. Sorry, getting far
  13. Any idea what the sekigane is made of? Unusual colour match to the rest of the plate, copper with verdigris? Or just a trick of the light? The overall shape and the two sukashi reminds me of Kaneie style [ not sure he did spiderwebs (?)]
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