David Zincavage

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I'm glad, too, to hear from old friends. Thanks to everyone for providing the needed info. Best, David

I was looking over my tsuba, and realised that, years ago, I purchased several interesting tsuba despite rust on them, saying to myself, "Oh, I'll send it to a tsuba doctor and have it put in order one day." Of course, I never got around to it. Can anyone recommend a specialist in rust removal and repatination? (isn't it remarkable how all the nice large tsuba on display at the annual conventions have a perfectly preserved deep black patina?) Cheers, David Zincavage

It is rather small for practical defensive use, but it is larger than a netsuke. It has a sight and a touch-hole. The bore is larger than .22 and smaller than .25. Since I doubt its stopping power, I lean to the eprovette hypothesis.

Someone just referred me to this thread after I asked if anyone had any information on what I thought was a very small Japanese handgun I picked up years ago. http://zincavage.org/Handgun1.jpg My specimen is clearly one of these. David Zincavage