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Soild Gold Menuki School Identification
Ian replied to i h8 mud nz's topic in General Nihonto Related Discussion
I have always thought of these to be Baku 'dream eaters'. Depicted normally with a small trunk, but these do seem to have an elongated upper lip, as do the couple of pairs I have.
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I think your baskets are jigami fans A similar design is here http://www.tetsugendo.com/ T-137 Hayashi Shigemitsu Tsuba
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Hi Stefano Is this the one from a few weeks ago in the UK ?
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Here is a couple from the Stibbert collection. One similar to yours and the one from the book? I hope it helps Best wishes Ian
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Very nice Darcy
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Celluloid Same of WWII...and Type 3 mon.
Ian replied to george trotter's topic in Military Swords of Japan
I have a very old box of them if anybody wants some, although some are a little hard due to age! Best wishes Ian -
I have today uploaded the information onto the Token society of Great Britain website http://to-ken.uk/home/news.html I do hope that these swords are found swiftly and the perpetrators reprimanded accordingly.
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Nice job Justin
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My best guesstimate 1. Kanbun shinto 2. Early Nambokucho 3. Momoyama 4. Mid Kamakura
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Another example of overlays on gold Ian
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I have a number of them. I guess it was nice to have some bling back in the day Here is my most recent purchase of solid gold camellia menuki Ian C
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Here is one for you Ian C
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Fantasic
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I had a new arm made for a suit in entirety once that was missing one. I asked the Japanese trained restorer if he could make it look aged and I got a sideways glance ( I took that as a definite no)
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Attached is a Etsujo page
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I think you may have a very nice kurigata with the fuchi. Attached is a Teijo page
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The penny drops, although I was being rather cryptic
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how about this? https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=tetsugendo+tsuba&espv=2&biw=1019&bih=561&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CCAQsARqFQoTCPGav7LenscCFQEbHgodPsIDIQ#imgrc=Pjebcc10jrHngM%3A
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Have a look as Tetsugendo tsuba on google. this may help with the tsuba
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Yes Brian, rubys I think, I had to have a couple of them reset, but I'm sure that they are original. It really could do with a good clean
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Was it this one? ( I know it needs a professional like Ford to give it some magic )
