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today i get my tsuba.....it was very, very well packed....and it is like everytime.........in hand it looks much more better. Thank you Steve for this nice little tsuba.

purchase intention for Shinto Taikan withdrawn.

PM send for the Shinto Taikan.

And here a example of a Hoan Tsuba. NBTHK Hozon attribution Hoan. This should be the third or fourth Generation, middle 17th century. A good example for the etch technique they have used......and this is a rare Tsuba with no additional Holes for Kogai and Kozuka. One side .....butterflies over grass....other side blossoms

This one is probably 3gen Akasaka . Seppa dai 9mm thick. Inside of the nakago ana you can see traces from the chisel.

It reminds me of work by Iwata Norisuke.....Nice. And for this price ! This should go fast.

Hi Steve, I want to send you a PM.........becausei want to buy this Tsuba .......but the System told me : Steve Waszak cannot receive messages.

PM send for Nihonto Koza

Me too, i remember..........holy glory that is a blade !

An ono tsuba. But for design reasons, the inner cross was rotated 90 degrees. Otherwise, it's just the motif of a thread spool.

How do we know that real all parts of the Mosle collection were published in the books ? Of course, I know exactly what you mean by that.........it's a marketing strategy that stops at absolutely nothing. Any means are justified, especially since the origin has nothing, absolutely nothing, to do with quality. It's the same with blades. And this behavior will never change. Open your eyes, do your homework. Always be suspicious and cautious of dealers, especially auctioneers. Not to be forgotten is the fact that such solid gold Fuchi Kashira can be relatively easily recast today using modern methods. If these are then professionally reworked after casting.........it would be impossible for an amateur to see that it is only a copy and not the origina.l I remember a thread about solid gold menuki. These things were submitted to the NBTHK for registration...rejected! Because they were newly cast. Be very careful with solid gold Kodogu without new papers.

Leave it like it is. And what Manuel write is absolutely correct. I have several tsuba with fine damage like a crack or some impacts at the rim...........it is part of the history.

With chrome no problem at all.

I thank the author for his personal opinion and experiences. It's nice to read that I'm not the only one with similar experiences. (written by someone who has been interested in Japanese swords for almost 30 years)