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  1. lonely panet

    showa tsuba

    lonely panet posted a topic in Tosogu

    Hello gentlemen, here is a showa tsuba I have, that at some point somebody tried to clean one side of for some silly reason. the aged patina looked nice for a showa piece so why remove it??? look closely and it has some forging marks so, I don't think its a run of the mill pressed tsuba. Im thinking of trying to reproduce the patina on the cleaned side, does anyone have any ideas on how ?? also please feel free to openly discuss the item, im not offended easly regards Hamish
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    Hi, here is my most liked edo period tsuba. Im not really sure of the details, I was told it might be chikuzen?? If any one else can offer some more ideas of school that would be nice, but if not please just enjoy it, because I think its a really nice piece of art. regards Hamish
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    Greetings all, I know its nothing to do with nihonto but I have a cigarette case that has a stylized mei that has got me better of me. can any one help with it?? normally I have no problems with gunto mei's, which can be tricky but john sloughs book hasn't helped me yet regards Hamish
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    Hello gentlemen, here's some photos of my new tassel for a type 95 NCO sword. This tassel was only made for type 95's fitted with brass tsuba's and is in really nice condition too, and may thanks to my friend who passed it on to me at a really good price. does anybody have any tried and true products to help preserve the leather? regards Hamish
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    thank you all for your help, I had trouble with comparing this mei to the "kunemune" in john sloughs book. for a low rated smith his mei his his showto are very rough but i assume he was also employed as a nakirishmei specialist as he all so signed other meis for other smiths like IDO hidetoshi and his father FUKUMOTO amahide. but thank you again for your help. regards Hamish
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    Good eve gentlemen and possible ladies, if there are any that read this. problem..... I have a showato that im having trouble reading the mei no shu ju ? ? kane ? saku I've got john sloughs book and it hasnt helped me, if any body can help that would be awesome. regards Hamfish
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    Hello peaple, there is a company in Japan that still makes tassels to this day. I have been told that they are near perfict copys to a original's, I will try and post the web address for everyone. Regards Hamish
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    howdy gentlemen, Im have moved onto collecting showato blades and Im looking for any showato that were cut or broken in half during the occupation, Im looking for anything with stamps (ie, seki and showa). Also im in need of a leather barrel knot/ tassel mounted to the model 32 nco swords regards Hamish
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    good morning all, any blade with a showa stap is a showato blade. this means the blade was not made traditionally, made or it wasnt made by traditional materials like tamahagne. ie it may have been folded and have soft core and hard outer skin but the iron may have been imported or not made fro the traditional tatara. Regards Hamish
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    Thats one fine tanto, it makes me wonder when the Japanese say no notable swords were made in the sengoku period. I collect osafune kiyomitsu blades and there getting more expensive. be proud of that piece. Regards Hamish
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    Hello All, they look something simular to the manchura railway emblom, not quite sure but if you look throught the book SWORDS OF IMPERAL Japan the section on occupation swords will hopefully be of some help. Regards Hamish
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    thacongardulationst buy the pic's show is a fantastic gendai, i have a yusakuni gendai by kenzo yasunori and its not that good. congradulations, i hope it brings your alot of pleaser. Regards Hamish
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    it looks like its been welded. about 3 years ago i welded a longer nakago on to a hanwei practical katana to make it a nagmaki just for the fun of it, and it finished up looking simular, and to age it, I heated it till it was red hot and then quenched it a mud puddle to get a nice patina, and it worked some what. My thoughts are it may have been repaired after the war for a trophy for a US soldier. but its just a guess. Regards Hamish
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    dont mean to but in, but i have purchised 2 items from john now and i have to say im happy with them both, one of which has been posted on this site. A tsuba with maple leave's flouting down a river. his items are much better in you hand then in the photos, not to sound like a salesman but the photos dont do thm justice, and his prices are pretty good. Regards Hamish
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    It may sound like a lot, but if i had the chance and a way to suport my self i would be there in a second. Regards Hamish
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    hello mike the sizes of the tsuba are as follows" 8cm across and 8.4cms top to bottom and 0.4cm thick on the rim this tsuba is dished in the middle. Rgards Hamish
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    hello again, a new kozuka with a bow and arrow theme, it might be late edo. but i dont know if fittings this late can be traced back to a school or style. it has a mon that might be tokugawa. any ideas or suggestion's are welcome. Regards Hamish
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    new tsuba

    lonely panet posted a topic in Tosogu

    just got this one, it looks to be late edo, but im not sure if it belongs to a school or style. can anybody make some suggestions to help me?. regards Hamish
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    Hello, i believe it reads {bishu osafune sukesada}, it looks like it maybe a muromachi piece, but with out better pics this cant be for certian Regards Hamish
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    Mr Walker were are you finding these koto bizen blades from? ha ha. this one looks very nice just by looking at the horimono, it would be nice to get it polished. I am upset i cant find them myself. P.s. if you wont to sell that one please let me know, i normally collect sue-bizen blades but that tanto looks good. Regards Hamish
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    l like bizen blades of that period, if you wont to move it on one day i would be interest mr walker. regards Hamish
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    It looks good as is, you can see all the features well. it looks like there is some utsori in the ji, so im thing Bizen, may be koto, but im still learning. so i hope i havent made a fool of my self. i say its more of interest than rubbish Regards Hamfish
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    Hi every one, sorry i cant spell the correct Japanese way but to me that looks like pear skin hada Regards Hamfish
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    Yep that sure does look like a indian/china copy. im very sorry for you and i hope you didnt lose to much money. i really dislike the peaple who peddle this type of rubbish.
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    Hi Yitzy and Ford, when is the token ichi being held?, i would assume that it will be in Tokyo!, becuase i may try and get to it myself if i can. Regards H
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