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Quote Brano : But first you have to have the ability to study such swords and understand what you are looking at. That is the most important part when you are serious interested in Japanese swords !

PM for the first Tsuba send.....

Omi Yari ?

Meito zukan , Fujishiro Okisato

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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purchase intention for Shinto Taikan withdrawn.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.