dimitri

Hello everyone, here are my latest acquisitions during the Poitiers arms exchange. I started with a tsuba but I will present it in the tsuba section. Then a tanto with quite interesting curiosities as you can see, the saya has been modified to adapt to the blade but there remain traces where the kozuka could have slipped. Plates like mekugi are made of bone or ivory, I would say bone but I'll take a closer look. The blade is signed and dated. the Habaki has been repaired, we see it as a sort of rivet, I also have to look at that more closely, I immediately fell in love because there were some interesting features. My latest favorite is a katana from the kamakura period, the blade which has not been fully restored is magnificent, while waiting to restore it, I tried to use a tsuka that I had, I would like to have your opinions, in the photos that I have just assembled the tsuka and a tsuba, there is no seppa, it's just to see the result, I was told that the whole thing was beautiful but that the tsuka was too long for the blade. I would like to have your different enlightened opinions. I will try to take photos as some explain to show details on the blade. I had the opportunity to buy a teppo but in the end I am more satisfied with this triple purchase. THANK YOU, Dimitri

Splendid collection. The last is awesome!

Splendid 😍😍😍

Very nice collectible for you two .

it looks like a bee, with the honeycombs. she is nice.

sorry for the names the translation is not the best but for the text it is rather correct.

Very nice Tsuba

Thanks Stephen. I understand the rhetoric, I'll get back to it later for a second and another form. It's just complicated for the shapes, the photos of a kabutowari koshirae are not too common or there is a lot of sculpture but I'm motivated to do something finer.

Here is a video of the saya with the engravings of Koi carp. Since a post on homemade Tsuba, I really want to try and have a whole imperfect but homemade set. And then to succeed one day you have to start well. Personally I am happy but the contribution of criticism is essential to continue and not to reproduce the errors. Thank you very much. received_6021184097987297.mp4

Good evening everyone. I hope I am in the right section. First of all, I would like to thank @Kurikata for the blade and @Stephen for the raw material for the seppa and other accessories. I bought on the forum a blade of kabutowari, having a small and species tsuba which could I have been told well to be placed in a set of Kabutowari, I started to make the set but it was not conclusive. I had the idea of making a homemade saya and tsuka. I realized what was on my mind. Be honest with me and tell me what could be strange or other, size, thickness, missing engravings? I didn't put anything on it, should I oil the saya or color it? Another question, for the kabutowari blade, there are stains, is it the same cleaning process for nihonto blades or is there something I can apply while waiting to see my polisher? Thanks in advance. Dimitri

what thickness did you use please?

Great job, congratulations 🙂. it's a hell of a lot of patience, I swallowed all the videos of the tutorial, it's very nice to show us the different steps.

I'm looking for a bigger one. But she is very pretty. good luck with the sale.

Lol faster than me 😄😄

hello, what is the size of the tsuba please? THANKS

It is a magnificent blade, unfortunately not in my budget otherwise my wife is strangling me I think. I wish you a good sale. It's a pleasure for the eyes while waiting.

The Tansu is nice, very nice.

Very nice!

The photos make you want to see all these wonders, it's incredible to see so much variety in the prices. There is no such exhibition in France and it is a pity. On one photo there were Kyu gunto, it's incredible. Many thanks for the photos Brian and the other members

Thanks @Stephen, that's great! Thank you very much.

For now, they are still in the United States. Ready to go to Paris. Normally it shouldn't take long. It was for a Wakizashi my story, you understand why I am suspicious for Japan, not for the Japanese but for French customs. Seppa shouldn't be a problem in theory.

Yes @Stephen I had his follow-up, he left Hiroshima for Osaka, Paris, Tokyo, Paris, Tokyo and Hiroshima and ended up returning to the sender. I called chronopost, French customs, sent emails to the sender, nothing worked. Chronopost even told me that there were customs charges even though he had gone back to Japan.... Mail with registered mail to chronopost to complain, no response from them until an email to French customs who found shady to have customs fees for a package that did not enter but without follow-up, everyone does not care, fortunately the seller refunded me and do not understand either why all this to see the package return, everything was in order. Since then I no longer buy anything that comes from Japan too scared.

The problem is all over europe, the French customs when there is a problem tries to get in touch with the sender, the recipient may call, try to solve the problem, if the customs cannot get the sender in the best case block the package, in the worst case send it back. I knew the second version and it is not funny. The German recipient had to call or at least try I hope for you and for the object?

payment made, you are a great lord. Thanks again Stephen.🙂🙂🙂🙏🙏🍻

I also saw the video it's superb but I can't find a brass plate nearby and when I find it on the internet the shipping costs are double the plate. I asked a friend if he had any in his work, he found me a gilded bronze plate but thick like 6 seppa, I tried to reduce it but it's hard as anything and I'm afraid that the result is horrible in the end.