Steves87

Hello! My name is Stephen, I practice sword arts, amateur sword parts construction and I love collecting Tsuba. Initially my collection was based from a physical practicing art point of view so I didn't care too much for schools or craftsmen, recently though, I have felt I should be learning about the history and lineages so I thought Id start by joining here. I appreciate and like the near perfect condtion Tsuba very much, but, I honestly prefer and am drawn to the Tsuba with wear and (slight) rust/damage. thank you for your time Stephen

Florian yes! Fallen out! apologies, this is what I was trying to get across, Ive been collecting and making for quite a while now but im still learning the correct terminology. C0D, Tomorrow i am searching for the near identical one i saw as Im sure there was a description included with it

I was able to track the book(s) through a mate, not what I remember so I think I have seen it elsewhere as im sure it was near identicle to my example, but anyhow, the closest Tsuba style in the book by G D Murtha was this: Apologies for not remembering correctly

im already looking! ive known of inlays having a scalloped soffit, and when lightly hammered in, the inlay scallop is made flat and pushes the perimeter into what should be a dovetail carving. the above doesn't suggest there was a dovetail though

Interesting! it had crossed my mind initially that maybe there was never inlay in the area, as you say, it is quite flat. The front side of the Tsuba has been quite corroded , especially on that right hand side, so I figured that maybe some of the corrosion has taken away not only the inlay, but also the carving definition? some inlay on the front lower right is loose which I am almost sure is due to the old corrosion too. I feel like I have seen this design in a book from Gary D Murtha in the past, long before I received this Tsuba. I might have to find a copy of them and have another look!

Hello, this is my first post to this message board! I found it quite funny that the first thread I click on hapens to be of a Tsuba style I currently own. it is missing some obvious inlay, but otherwise ok. Im sorry I do not know anything about this Tsuba style but below is my example: