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    https://www.ebay.com/itm/226287832244 I like the description: High quality Japanese Sword Guard Phoenix From Japan EDO Unsigned Beautiful collector's item. [Really?] Antique Original, Age 1850-1899 [Really really!] I am always a bit suspicious of the slotted sekigane look and the lack of tagane-ato [not even cast in] and you have to wonder where that dimple at the base of the birds neck came from if it wasn't a casting fault. JMHO
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    I think this particular museum has something of a random pattern where it puts the sticker numbers
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    No, I don't think it is a clunker. Wish we could see what the seppa-dai looks like, there could be a good signature under there! The nanako is very fine under the slightly worn patina. Just a glimpse of sekigane there at the top of the first image, suggesting the tsuba is imaged upside down?
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    Grev, there is a hard copy available on ebay https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/325719708987
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    compare it to this one from: The Token Society of GB - Scotland Branch.December 3, 2021 Cast one is missing some fine elements and has lots of small bubbles in the metal- pretty poor work. What I find interesting is both these tsuba show the ura view - almost like the owner doesn't know the correct orientation of either?
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    Grev, there may be some copyright issues - see here https://catalogue.nl...v.au/catalog/1300738 copyrighted 1963. But such a book would be extremely handy.
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    A tsuba converted into a Netsuke by plugging the nakago-ana. https://www.ebay.com/itm/166471369863 A fuchi similarly converted. https://www.ebay.com/itm/166469540444 Image from a post by GRC November 22, 2021 These examples may not be the same as David's. Nice mystery with the three different metal fillings. Another from the Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas. https://spencerartap...arch/works/1928.2356
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    I would check for any similar address - I live in "Cherry Grove" but some items of mine were actually delivered to "Cherry Hill Drive" which is in the same suburb. Postie only read the "Cherry" bit!
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    https://www.seidosho...lections/iaito-tsuba Order time may not work for you. Prices are still a little high. https://www.jauce.com/auction/f1160027134 & https://www.jauce.com/auction/k1160024684 bulk buy on-line? https://www.jauce.co...4037315?search=tsuba hundreds to choose from.
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    I presume it was this auction site? https://page.auction.../auction/e1157163192 or https://www.jauce.com/auction/e1157163192 Also seen on an old Christie's auction blurry image so it may not be the same guard? So the problem is they have gone missing here in Australia - that is unusual - lets just hope they may turn up a little later. I will keep my eyes open.
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    They come in various shapes and with differing types of additional decorations. A popular design. The last two have fukurins added to the rims and the design has the hitsu reversed compared to the other four.
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    So popular that the Chinese are still making copies! https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/202747314034 I would much prefer your plain iron guard to this pretend piece!
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    Welcome Dee. Not ten a penny - just a popular design. Plain iron tsuba are held in high esteem by the majority of collectors and by the samurai who used them. I agree it looks old and a true period piece. [The "Why?" thread just shows that many, many tsuba patterns are copied over a very long period of time - they wouldn't have persisted if they weren't liked.] "Rusty" is one of my favourite words with tsuba
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    why?

    Spartancrest replied to lonely panet's topic in Tosogu

    < From this to this > https://www.jauce.com/auction/o1159132466 - cut nakago-ana and another original Heianjo "intact" https://www.cordys.c...s/AA6/catalogue/0084 No shortage of basic "stock" if you wish to tamper with them [heaven forbid!] These "modified" tsuba could be a new area of study.
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    I think it might actually add a little to the value, someone treasured it enough for the "up-grade"
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    Cut down Kaneie - why would you do that? https://www.jauce.com/auction/v1159117366 This "Tanto" tsuba caught my attention with the small carved decoration on the lower edge and a partial signature that even a mei dyslexic like myself could recognise. The top right of the signature has been erased like 80% of the original guard, for reasons unknown. I know a lot of Kaneie were faked but never seen one this cut up!
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    Another "fish bones" https://www.bonhams....-and-19th-century-2/
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    x2, Long, long time coming but I don't forget a face. https://www.bonhams....17th-19th-century-5/ By the auction account Akao school.
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    That said, pocket watches or the like were items of Western ephemera. I could see why Japanese people in the Edo Period with a fascination for Western culture might want such a design. Essentially, it is for the same reason that we obsess over Tosogu in this forum! [Quote from Jake6500 Posted August 22]
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    Same guard? https://ikedaart.net/?pid=157631118
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    Tats! Get inked!
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    Super chunky rim - I don't think it is a close "relative", naive or even crude? https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/126135397583
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    As Chris has said it is a good idea to check any openings and the outside edges. Here are a few more points to look out for [there are lots more] This example has an excellently done "signature" but it can't be real because the tsuba has so many faults pointing out it is modern and a fake. As a rule I always suspect a signature and don't buy just on that basis - buy for the quality, if the signature turns out to be good so much the better.
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    Another - chunky version that sold recently. Not as nice as yours Colin but something to compare. https://www.ebay.com/itm/186569600604 sold August 12th.
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    Come on you know you want one! They certainly make an entrance statement! Now that is a DOOR HANDLE ! https://silkroadyamb...ndle-grab-old-style/ https://www.etsy.com...r-handle-pull-katana [PS THEY COME IN THREE COLOURS AND MATCHING PAIRS OR SINGLE] I wanted one but could not justify the expense so I just used a cast tsuba. [Also over on the cast tsuba thread]
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