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What a beautiful Tanto !! ❤️

Hi guys asking on for a friend who is looking for a copy of 田国重の研究，Bichu Mizuta Kuniahige no Kenkyu if anyone has a copy they wish to sell let me know cheers Chris

Amazing work thanks for sharing

Hi I’m afraid they are bad Chinese fakes

Hi boys and girls while watching the sale of the katana by Kasama Shigetsugu today on eBay it got me thinking why some of Shigetsugu’s swords forged on the estate of Tōyama Mitsuru have an inscription stating made on the estate of the venerable Tōyama Mitsuru while other swords forged by Shigetsugu on the estate have the hot stamp of Tōyama Mitsuru ,were these swords made as gifts? Did other smiths who forged swords there use this stamp as well ,Curious to here your thoughts some pics of the hot stamp. cheers Chris H

Hi guys this Tsuba originally came from Ron Watson and he did the research I was fortunate enough to purchase off my mate who got it from him as he bet me to it ,here is the link to my first post in this thread 😎 cheers Chris

Hi Curran I believe it says Shimomura Fukushige

Hi Guys I only have one Ono which I have posted before but here it is again

I have also had a good experience buying a sword from Eric on Facebook, I found him good to deal with excellent communication and the sword was well packaged with prompt shipping I would certainly buy from him again.

Nice! it’s a shame it’s on Christmas time unfortunately an expensive time of year 🙁for me .

Another couple first one ko Shoami tsuba I think and the second one by owari Nobuie

Hi guys , two tsuba that are probably my oldest #1 Ko Shoami tsuba #2 momoyama period owari tsuba

Great thread : ) Here’s a Shonai Shoami school tsuba shape is Kawari mokko gatta the theme is Bamboo and plum, two plants that withstand the coldness of winter

Hi Bruce the photos are quite poor but I couldn’t see any stamps but he’s going to have another look so I will get him to check the guys telling him it’s traditionally made.