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  1. Ron M
    Hello, I have a saya with this decoration in it and found this pic in a Ginza magazine. I know the abalone if Aogai but what are the swirls called and made from? I believe they look like sanded rattan. thank you and regards
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    Not a lot to see. The koshirae seems legit tho the seppa are installed together on the same side which is incorrect. Not much to say about the rest except looks legit. good luck with what you decide
  3. Ron M
    So far I don’t see anything out of the ordinary. The blue is probably horn and the light is reflected. The bent seppa is probably from someone being to quick to take apart/reassemble everything. Leather seppa were acceptable as they could quiet any type of rattling or just to take space. As for the hamon, it doesn’t appear to be a “standard oily” hamon but hard to tell. If the price is reasonable then I would go for it. regards
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    I have been looking around. What do you think of possible Sengo school? They used this nakago and Sugata. Regards
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    Hello folks, putting up some pics of this wak I picked up recently. My initial reaction to taking the tsuka off was “Soshu” and then seeing the mei. Jihada is something I’m still learning about, so pics tell most info. Thank you for your words of you want to say. Regards
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    I got it. Thank you
  7. Ron M
    Good afternoon again, please see the pictures of this little blade and any thoughts you may have. I posted before for the translation and have been looking around and found another . Thank you as always. Ron
  8. Ron M
    Amahide himself, let alone the shop he was running and his students and partners, did a lot of experimenting and making some crazy blades. I have a fully forged gunto katana but radically oil quenched with a wild result. Yours was probably the cooler and more tamer examples of their work with hamon and steels. Others in here definitely know more. Regards
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    Hello All, my apologies if I have posted this before. I have this large tsuba, 85mmx80mm, 6mm thick. Probably not much to know but thoughts on why someone would take time to put the rim on and old turd. If you look at the pics closely there are some gouged or engraved lines on the plate following the shape of the fukurin. Plate is flat except where metal has been rusted away. Shape of Ana is sea cucumber? Fukurin seam is at the 5:30 position on tsuba. Heavy and possibly old. Thanks
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    I am so far still not finding much except: 1) using the nashiji-zogan technique in this way are Omori, Kumagai, and Goto. 2) Kaga does use these little windows (clouds) shapes but usually have regular inlay. Goto almost always has the nanakoji background somewhere on the piece. so still at a loss for study but having a good time 😉
  11. Ron M
    Thank you! Yes I haven’t found anything yet, but still scouring my book resources which takes so much time 🧐 grateful for all help
  12. Ron M
    More pics of Kashira
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    Good morning, astute thinkers. I recently acquired a nice wakizashi with these F/K I am not sure of course so here I am: I believe most of these are referred as Mito or Omori Waves. these are not signed so not super high quality but any other info, leads, and thoughts would be helpful to narrow down the school and look for study pieces to compare. Respectfully Ron
  14. Ron M
    No, it doesn’t appear to have anything on it.
  15. Ron M
    No silver on the mountain, only old iron. The black moon does appear to be laquered tho, and the gold flecks are just gold flakes, maybe pilgrims 🧐
  16. Ron M
    Good morning to you all, please look at this tsuba I received with a wakizashi. It’s 64x61mm, 4mm thick at edge but about 4.4mm at seppa-dai. Same scene on both sides pretty much, gold fleck objects on landscape, but one side the moon is silver and one side is black lacquer. All thoughts are welcomed. Regards
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    I’ve got a few if you want to message me privately. Regards
  18. Ron M
    Hi and thank you. The measurements are 67x63mm. Regards
  19. Ron M
    John it looks like it may be glue residue or some kind of adhesive.
  20. Ron M
    Good morning to you all, please offer any opinions on this tsuba I received from my student. It came on a katana. It has no kozuka-ana so interested to know why. Respectfully Ron
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    Tsuba thoughts please

    Ron M replied to Ron M's topic in Tosogu

    Much appreciated for the info. Regards to all
  22. Ron M
    Good morning to you all. Please provide feedback. I was thinking it was “old”, meaning not modern, then got it and the thought maybe modern, then examined to find filing on the rim BUT also in the Kozuka-ana where it was cleaned up by hand. thank you in advance
  23. Ron M
    This would fit nicely with my military swords collection 😉
  24. Ron M
    Hi Ben, I know this is an old thread but do you still have the tachi menuki tie clip?? Thanks
  25. Ron M
    You are correct. With a small tsuba it’s called Hamidashi
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