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  1. Please avoid doing anything on any antique piece.
  2. Lorenzo

    Tsuba Seal

    In my opinion the maker have nothing to do with this. Could not the seal plus the dragon make the theme instead? I can't read the second kanji in tensho style, while the first should be 親. So searching with this kanji plus tsuba, plus dragon, I came up with this. 雨龍 安親 (looks like a 雲龍 to me anyways..) Incidentally (?) the second set of kanji indeed reads Yasuchika; because of the first kanji I did not grasp this famous signature at first. I feel I need to stand my idea about the theme though. You can find other tsuba with the same theme in very different style... :? http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/jcbmy121/13811978.html
  3. Don't know if it has already been posted.. https://www.square.com/cash
  4. Paul let me know about this thread so I'm re-posting my offer; 100 USD to Paul's project if my Matsukawa-bishi tsuba gets sold before the end of September. You can see my original post here: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=15975
  5. Lorenzo

    Oddball tsuba

    Not only the fukurin, but the aesthetic in general. I like your tsuba Mariusz, great choice.
  6. Lorenzo

    Oddball tsuba

    Here is one of the tsuba where Hirata draw inspiration from :D
  7. You can't. Even if you are qualified to make a good work, the new kojiri profile and shape won't match the saya profile. The saya end have to be worked to match the kojiri, so it can't be done after the lacquering.
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    HABAKI MATERIAL.

    Solid silver is traditional, Habaki made from US dollars aren't. Wathever. You can make it in whatever material you like, but traditional is solid silver. Silver fittings usually are (almost) pure silver. And by the way who fit a solid gold or solid silver habaki on a sword shouldn't worry about the mechanical propreties of the habaki.
  9. Lorenzo

    HABAKI MATERIAL.

    no alloys, just pure silver.
  10. WTF I'm intrigued by those X and I on the nakago mune, by the way.
  11. Lorenzo

    latest Tsuba

    It looks cast to me. Ditto on the school; however (to me) it's not an Hollyhock, it's Wild ginger.
  12. Curran we talked about that koshirae of yours privately about one year ago. I was wondering if you got it back by now.. I have 2 out of 3 of the books you mentioned. So no single book out there waiting for my money after all.. Thank you for the info.
  13. There are also other "kind" of wakizashi. I used to own a muromachi period wakizashi, suriage, still retaining 59,7 cm nagasa. I'm not sure if that kind of nihonto could be easily ranked below tanto For the CQB thing... just LOL. Brian stop thinking about killing people please, its no good for your health.
  14. I think so. Few days ago I've find this table which gives some interesting perspective (there are always exception, but in general it could work) http://members.chello.nl/tfujimot/purchasing.htm That would be too easy
  15. Curran, interesting find. I'll see if I can find some other reference, I've got a huge archive of pictures of the first generation higo masters but almost all are in black and white. By the way, talking higo... anyone knows a book with a extensive range of higo koshirae pictured? I've seen quite a lot in shops but few on books.
  16. Lorenzo

    Need advice

    Kunitaro advice is very good. Christophe, I asked you where you are living because I've an acquaintance habakishi in Okayama. Osaka is full of artisans as well
  17. Lorenzo

    Need advice

    If I may ask, where are you living in Japan?
  18. David. I'm not going to play with semantics, but as you wish to make fun of my English understanding, let's clarify. I just think your first comment about the tsuba was quite rude and out of place. Your second comment gave me the chance to reply. You also introduced without reason on this topic a link to your website to promote a tsuba for sale. The tsuba presented by Curran is on another level than the "modern hirata" you are willing to sell, and yet you said: Regarding Yahoo Auction. I bought on Yahoo auction two nihonto papered hozon seven years ago, when it still was allowed. I bought several nice (and authentic) fittings, including Hirado F/K and a wonderful kogatana with the rokkasen poets in kebori. You can find good things there, but you need to know how to distinguish cast pieces, garbage, fakes and so on... are you able to do that? Forgive me but your last experience with a so said higo tsuba demonstrate quite the opposite. It's up to you to reply again, I won't; I'm not trying to have the topic closed, and, differently to you, I actually added some (hopefully) valuable info to the topic.
  19. Dear Kunitaro, welcome to the forum! Make yourself at home.
  20. Sorry David but the problem is exactly there, you lack the eyes to judge Higo work.
  21. Curran, I believe I mentioned before on this forum, but last time I went to Japan I had an interesting discussion with a connoisseur who fooled me with a couple of higoesque tsuba which in truth was from Satsuma. See the map, the provinces was confining. He said the fashion was contagious and some works was copied / "made in the style of". The Jingo shape but without a Jingo tetsu, and the Satsuma mon... says it all for me. I wanted to see the enlarged pictures but I can't and I don't know why, so I have to trust you about the steel surface. To me, defiantly no pass. I would say Satsuma tsuba. Lorenzo
  22. 8 swords ready to be drawn out! wow you must live in a very dangerous environment! If the zombie apocalypse ever approaches, you should be fine
  23. If you know how enamel is done, you know it's very easy to do it better. But, the apparent lack of ability strikes with the perfect mitsu tomoe among others, as well as higo zogan applied silver (? my guess for mon) on soft metal. So, or this is a multi step work made by different artisan in different times, or (my guess) this is just an aesthetic choice of the original mirror (or whatever it is) maker. C'mon Christian share the source, show the ura or shut up :D (friendly said of course)
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