dimitri

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

Here is my latest Tsuba, purchased at the Poitiers arms exchange. Muromachi period, a very large tsuba, this is what I was looking for for the assembly of my Hizen katana. I would like to have your different enlightened opinions. Thank you. 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.