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Sounds awesome Aaron!  Cant wait to see pics!

Thanks Trystan!

Ah!  Thanks George!  Really cool artwork and craftsmanship with the Uttori!

Interesting.  Thanks Christian and George.  I ended up winning the auction, so ill post up some more pics when they arrive!

while looking for sarute, I have been looking for barrel screws as well.

does this look odd to anyone?  All the barrel screw pictures I see have a linear input/output of the screw that would fall on the eelskin part of a non-NCO sword.  Mine does not appear like that

thanks Brian.  So the main difference is 1 post vs two pins.  got it

looking at the back, why is this not a pouch pin?  the stud is not square like most menuki?

Found another example

On 5/18/2018 at 11:31 PM, Tanto54 said:

Looking for a match for this Dragon Boat Menuki.  Note the fine detail - literally hundreds of inlays and the faces are about the size of a pen tip...)

 

 

 

Holy WOW

Thank you Trystan!

fat one indeed!  you the man Bruce!

Thanks Bruce! Those two look like what is on yours?

Hi Everyone.  Wondering if any of these sarute are correct for this sword? What ya think?

thankful for this thread!

Thanks Jean!  Man!  So much to learn

wow. that was fast Brian.  telltale signs on this one?

thanks so much

Hi Everyone

I am still working hard to learn more as a new guy here.

Wondering if anyone can translate and provide more thoughts on this Tsuba. Not sure when what metals were used for Tsuba, seems that Copper maybe used in the late 19th century?

Thanks for the education as I try to catch up

Jesse

Maekanagu? 

tobacco pouches? Kanamono?

thanks for the insights Bruce?  I still have a lot to learn

insane valuation, wow!

nice piece!

Online auction, listing description:

12-piece lot (6 pair) of antique Japanese sword Menuki. Includes gilded dragons, shrimp, and other Japanese iconography. Most are bronze.

thanks Bruce!  ill live with it!  Its not bad.

Oiled this guy yesterday, man. Feels introspective touching the blade of something so old and historic.  Used a microfiber cloth and mineral oil (seems that choji oil is just mineral oil plus clove oil)

Not sure how to polish out slight blackening - rice paper?

Thanks John!