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He is beautiful, I understand you. it is superbly fitted. the menuki are just awesome. I would have said the same...

Very nice, congratulations 👏👏

The provenance is strange "Belles 1971", you should know the name crossed out, it looks like Jean at the end but not sure, maybe with this clue you can find the catalog of the collection who knows.

Hello, you have translate everything good. Just after Muromachi period, in parenthese it is written expo Soten for Soten exhibition. You are doing well in French 😉🙂

Very beautiful things, we take full eyes! The daisho look splendid, tsuba #44 is wonderful, as is set #31. But I think out of reach of my purse.

Amazing, great buy.🙂🙂 My dream one day I hope.

SORRY Brian and all other members, a short sentences I can write without too much trouble in English but if too long, I put 3 hours to write the time to find my words. Sorry for the inconvenience.

I hope you will manage to have the lot because on the last auctions that I followed in Europe, the entry-level sabers just like the tsubas went to terrifying prices. I hope you will have the chance to have them at the prices you have set for yourself. Good luck.

Thank you so much @chris covington 🙏🙏😁😉

Ah yes, and which looks like the Kamon indeed. Thank you for that clarification.

@Bugyotsuji I can not understand the link, where you are coming from, there is a kamon, I apologize in advance. @Steves87, yes it is strange indeed, on the other side nothing is gone. When I received it it was very dirty and it looks like there was old oil on it. there it is oiled, dry in a piece of furniture and next week cleaning with a soft cloth and re-oiled again. Is this the right technique? There are so many. I will show it to someone to see, but the weight is good I think and there are similarities with the link of another Nami tsuba @Spartancrest, maybe that of a student or less expensive order. @ROKUJURO It would be a shame if my second tsuba in a row is not yet a true quote. Go a little depressed there.

Congratulations, the work is splendid and frankly she is magnificent. You can be proud of yourself.

Thank you very much @ROKUJURO

Thank you very much Chris 🙏

I don't know if we can put my stand here but I made my first stand out of a piece of furniture to start with, I'm going next winter to try to make one out of raw wood for fun.

@ROKUJURO and @vajo, Here are closer photos, I hope I haven't gone too far in my cleaning but it's strange, there are like buttons that they are made of copper, but there are also incrustations, I surrounded them only them are like gold color or brass or a copper but it is strange. Thank you gentlemen.

On the closed hitsu ana, I barely put the toothbrush on it when everything came off! I didn't understand. On the other side, no worries, but don't go over it.

Thank you Chris, yes just Broosse with soft tooth and "Dove" soap stolen from Madame when I read here that it was the simplest, most effective way and without too much damage. I'm going to take pictures and look under the magnifying glass at the famous points. Otherwise I'm going to do this long process but no big deal, I was looking for a tsuba with waves, an Omori school tsuba would have been great but not for my purse, but I fell for this tsuba especially after my adventure with the mass production tsuba . Thanks for all the advice, you all help me a lot.

Maybe ask the Japanese in the group if such archives already exist?

Thank you Jean. When I received it, there were like dots that appeared. Tomorrow I will take more precise and closer photos. I hope I didn't go too far, I was so excited 😐😐. Thank you so much in the meantime.

I just saw this on ebay and thought of you. https://www.ebay.com...04ef&redirect=mobile

hello everyone, I found this Nami school tsuba with waves in an uncleaned state (photos 1 and 2), I started as always to clean it with soap and toothbrush, copper dots appeared ( pictures 3 and 4). Today I continued cleaning, I try with my ivory punch but I'm afraid to make a mistake, there is better (photos 5 and 6), I oiled a little to see. Tell me if it's worth leaving like this or if I can continue. Thanks in advance. PS: I hope not to have the same surprise as the other Tsuba.....

With this photo and especially the name, I don't know if there are still archives available to know if he survived the war... I'm still curious. Where did you find this photo, with the gunto?

Congratulations, I find it very successful. Good luck for the future and looking forward to future achievements.

Good or not, there are still details for a standard tsuba especially since there are several variants, there is still research. good after if I do not sell it I will keep it for the example of purchase not to reproduce.