dimitri

Thank you very much Piers for the photos and the video, it’s a real pleasure, the hindsight for some Teppo is impressive. Your Tanto is splendid, I love this color, very captivating. Thank you for sharing.

Good evening everyone, I will be looking for a pair of menuki with spiders, I am not in a hurry, I am not particularly looking for menuki with paper, I work on impulse, more in shakudo but open to everything. The latest ones for sale here by Krystian for example were superb, I also sent an email to Nihonto Australia because there are some but without a price. For the budget, see depending on the pair. I thank you in advance. Dimitri

indeed, personally I would have liked it but being in Europe, the customs fees and shipping costs will immediately stop me. It's too bad.

Actually, at the start you look at the total, it's scary, you have to take them out but after looking at the number, you wonder if you should have sold them in such a large batch? the buyer got a great deal in history. On the other hand, tsuba sales are rather calm at the moment. In France I spoke with professionals who told me that they had dozens of them and that they were unable to sell them. The difference between the price at auction with attractive prices and the professionals who sell at prices that are, for some, completely crazy.

Congratulations, very nice!!!

I have just seen the result of the sale, indeed they went very low, as if at the beginning no one wanted them and suddenly seeing no reserve, the auctioneer had lowered the price until someone take. Sorry for you.

I would have liked it but already in France you have to calculate everything, the sales costs then the shipping costs, for France there are sums that go beyond understanding on the shipping costs, I can't imagine in Great Britain with customs and more. Too bad because there were some beautiful ones. To give you an idea, I bought a Soten tsuba, 270 euros at auction excluding taxes, after fees 341€. Shipping costs €44. Total €385 but for me still below what I could have had if bought from a professional.

@Soshin I'm going to do it, in the meantime here are the tsuba which gave me this impression. I will take more complete photos tomorrow of my tsuba.

@Soshin excuse me, but I'm researching what you said and I saw a tsuba with similar characteristics. I would like to have your opinion? the Tsuba of the Saotome school? could this also match? Maybe I'm wrong but there are some that have engraved lines and shaped holes. thanks in advance

@Soshin, @Toryu2020 it’s a shame, although in the United Kingdom you would still have to go through customs, a harsh reality in Europe. Too bad there is no possibility in France or even in Germany with all the Nihonto collectors. It’s a shame, I hope that in Europe we will have this chance in the near future. Thank you gentlemen for your responses.

Good luck for tomorrow, the 92 and 93 are very beautiful, I like them.

Hello, compared to what is available in the United States and Orlando, do you have any information if in Europe there is a chance that there is this same type of service without sending the items to Japan or to you? THANKS.

Thank you David for this opinion, a very interesting opinion, I like to have several opinions, very enriching. The tsuba is incredible when you look at it, this spider web comes out with finesse, I fell in love straight away.

Thank you, I will inquire to see if there is any signature on the Kura. THANKS

Hello everyone, I hope I am in the right section. An acquaintance offers me a Kura and a Horagai as a set. The kura is from the Edo period, there are also protective mats for the horse. The Horagai is from the beginning or middle of the Edo period and not Meiji according to him, it measures 44cm. The tip is made of lacquered wood with burlap. I find the lot interesting, he offers me 1900 euros per lot (the kura 1200€ and the Horagai 700) but I don't know anything about it at all but I would like to have a Kura and the war conch in my collection. I would like to know what you think about it? Is it a good deal or not and at the right price? Thanks in advance.

According to the person who sold me the tsuba, there would be an estimate of the date between 1550 and 1650 so it could be early Edo which would be more accurate according to certain comments.

they line their pockets!! A real scam! In France it’s on average 22-26% + 3% if you go online. the large Drouot-style auction houses are 30+ 3% if via the internet.

Thank you @Winchester, Indeed since my post, I have focused on the tsuba Kaneie and there are similarities for early Edo, I am trying to see why I was told Muromachi, after I fell in love with the tsuba which is the main thing, but having everyone's opinions is very important for me and I'm learning for the future.

Jesse no worries, no kantei, I don't have many pieces with a certificate, only 2 unfortunately. Who I buy from have pieces that sometimes come from families who collected swords, tsuba long before all that, France is teeming with treasures a bit like the USA with the Shin Gunto for example but not only that. Afterwards I think I will send a message to Hizen who was in the depths of the French countryside and who I am in the process of having restored in shirasaya and koshirae. Thanks anyway, I like interacting with forum members, it’s always interesting.

Thanks for the details, it’s very interesting. I took photos of the Boshi as well as the silk. A small part was "cleaned" by the polisher to reveal for him whether the blade was of quality and to show the buyer the result if the blade was completely polished. I also show the tsuka that was on it and the one that I was thinking of putting. If you also tell me that it is better to put the first tsuka I will take your opinion into account. Dimitri

Here are some photos, I don't have the equipment to do better at the moment.

Dale, it's copper for the sekigane, it's just patinated. Jesse, the seller told me late Muromachi, for him not sure about Momoyama, he is a seller from Nihonto, he is also a polisher. I don't think he's wrong, when I showed the tsuba to another exhibitor, he didn't contradict the period when he had it in his hands either. There is a detail that allows you to contradict the period, I am open to all explanations. Dimitri

The sekigane is indeed this color, I will look at it without altering the color to find out if it is a patina or what material it is. The tsuba is Muromachi, the work is exceptional as if the tsuba had been thicker and to work on the spider web it had been worked, sculpted. Thanks Dale for your questions.

Thank you very much Ray.

Good evening, I recently acquired a tanto and would like more details on what is written on the silk, I no longer remember and would like to fill out my file. Thank you so much. Dimitri