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Akasaka Nobuie - legitimate work, mid to late Edo. They made copies of "the great one" but i dont think there is any real relationshhip. Quality in this group varies... -t

明治十八年十月十八日於津島 the rest will take a while...

indeed a bird catcher - the stick has a kind of tar on it that catches the bird but doesnt harm it.

not I'm afraid a handy guy, might try this but most likely would muck it up...

cufflinks can be made out of crap menuki without damaging them make sure your jeweller knows what he is doing. Melting down swords and tsuba is another thing, in most cases I would not condone it. -t

Number two is signed Sanjo Munechika

looks great and I can fully understand why youre hanging on to it. and yes iron does much more for me than Shunga! -t

Does anyone know of a Kintsugi artist in Amerique?

please post more photos of tsuba number 1 real sword porn is rare these days, that is one hot tsuba...

Thank you Laurentio My best guess is Kaga (no) Kami Masayoshi If this was a swordsmith I could not find a match - hopefully others will plug in and give it a try. -t

Nakamurasho a tokyo shop does obijime, sageo and other braiding. they have a terrific website... -t

would be curious to see the other side and pics of the signature (title) from other angles... -t

Cello Blade looks a little rough, but i would study the work closely. i dont think this Tango, but Tanba. Take a look around for late generation Osaka Tanba. -t

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Take a close look at the shinogi - to my eye it does not flow naturally to the kissaki. my guess would be the whole thing was reworked to look like Nambokucho Soshu and $750 is a generous offer mho -t

Jussi you are correct - the first kanji you give is Hansashi and the second Hazushi - they are the same thing according to Fukunaga... -t

If it is clearly period, then I would not monkey with the tsukaito. complete unadulterated koshirae are becoming rare, best to preserve even the mid to lower level works. -t

Kamakura swords are the model, all others are technically re-makes with the exception of some new forms, new hamon. The thought is if you learn the gokaden and the masterpieces from this golden age, you will be able to place all later works in their proper context. I love Shinshin-to but my teachers insisted I learn in this order and I agree that it is the way to best approach the subject. -t

Well I like it 1. I like big iron tsuba 2. simple design, strong rim 3. healthy thickness 4. even color, but not I think the deep color of real age. 5. shows signs of mounting, but again not in a way that suggests to my eye anyway great age as i look at the photo iam not sure if it is tilted slightly, but it appears the points on the rim do not all line up with the points of the inome. Also looks to my eye as if the points of the rim are not all equidistant from the inome. In the Meiji period it was fashionable to fill the hitsu-ana of old iron tsuba with gold, silver or finely finished namari plugs. This ha sthe look to me of something from the Late-Edo or Meiji period treated to look like much older tsuba. And a good looking tsuba nonetheless. -t

Chris They do unfortunately look caste or of very poor quality the gold highlights look more like gold paint applied by some European. You clearly like them and if that 20 is twenty euros then why not? -t

Was Umezawa Rokuzaemon's given name Masamoto? or was this some smith who cut the tameshimei? -t

#3 for me too more proof that he is a national treasure, not that i needed any proof... -t

i think...

I this is Sasshu ju Kiyosada 薩州住清貞 there were three generations in the Edo period -t