Tigerinbamboo
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Those are very expensive bunnies!
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There are a lot of koshirae for sale on Yahoo Japan without blades. I always wonder what happened to the blade.
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Ted, do you have a picture of your friend's creation? Brian, that rotating link takes me to window shades ???? , but the pool cue rack is pretty cool! The problem with naginata, as opposed to pool cues or rifles, is that the blade makes them extremely top heavy.
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A pool cue rack just might work...
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I was thinking more of something to hold them vertically, like a stand. I can't just put them in an umbrella stand, because they are so top heavy
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I'm looking for an attractive stand that can hold / display 4-5 naginata in a limited floor space. Not quite sure what that would look like. Could pay up to around a thousand dollars.
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Well, prefacing this with admitting I know pretty much nothin' 2 and 7 seem significantly different from the others, so, those 2 are gimei? ????
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Your collection is just mind blowing.
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It has it's own beauty, Chris. ????
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You have an amazing collection. These should be in a book. ????
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Wow! Really beautiful! ????
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I haven't met Ford in person, but he's given me honest, insightful and valuable advice. I have tremendous respect for his knowledge and artistry. I'm glad his procedure went well, and I wish him a complete recovery. Be well, Ford. Kathleen -
Wow! I love your tsuba. That's a beautiful assemblage. Cheers, Kathleen
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Netsuke
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G'day to you, Barry That thread is hilarious, and very informative. I'm learning a ton by lurking around here, and I just got a pile of Robert Haynes catalogs to delve into. This is a vast field, and I feel quite fortunate to have found this board. People have been very kind about my clueless questions. Cheers,
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Well, damn. Maybe I should have gotten this one after all.????
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Zombie tsuba... raaaauuuughhhh!
Tigerinbamboo replied to PietroParis's topic in Auctions and Online Sales or Sellers
Couldn't you use the first one for a study of delamination by expansive corrosion? Or states of oxidation? It's like a chemistry lab in your hand. Just making helpful suggestions...???? -
Isn't that the moon, rather than the sun? Being lunar hares and all. ????
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Gentlemen, I thank all of you for weighing in on this discussion. It appears this was a traditionally made, but perhaps modern, tsuba with a fake signature and a lot of deceptive / poor surface treatments, if I can summarize the opinions? I feel like I am learning a lot (and boy is there a lot to learn!) by looking at both excellent and awful examples and reading the incredible advice here. Thank you all!!
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Guido, thank you for the details! There are certainly many funky things about that tsuba. I had placed a low bid on because the design interested me, given the advice here, I wasn't willing to spend very much on it. Fortunately, I was WAY outbid, and count myself lucky.
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I guess we should define "fake". If a piece is forged iron plate, with carving and inlays, but a gimei signature, that's not the same as a cast reproduction, or something painted black to look like shibuichi, no?
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I know not to use a jewelry cleaning cloth, which will take off patina. I would start with some soap and water and soft brush, then isopropyl alcohol to remove the water. After that I would ask for help.
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Gentlemen,thank you all for sharing your expertise. I'm leaning towards buying it, especially if the "gunk" is something removable. ????
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Stephen, that's it exactly. The relief of Benzaiten and the dragon is beautiful, but the flat surfaces have wrinkles, like Saran wrap. The mei looks very sharply incised. Guido, can you say what looks fake to you?
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Link to high resolution pics: https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/v674703125/detail
