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Not at all. We are of the same mind on this matter. I know what was paid at the antique shop and regardless of any monetary value, the significance of it as a gift to me is much more valuable and is something I will always treasure. I suppose asking a valuation was crass and was not my intent to come across as such.

Thank you everyone for being so helpful and informative. I have learned a lot from your replies. Based on the picture I provided of the tsuba with the square hitsu, what do you think the value would be? Not trying to sell, just curious to know for myself.

Tha k you for the information. The tsuba is on the smallish side, just a little under 3 inches diameter vertically. Jt

I have added in a picture of it for reference. Thank you for the interest and replies. The shadow is a little deceiving to make it look a little more squatish when is reality it's more rectangular with square corners. I am reasonably sure it's authentic. My teacher got it for me at an antique shop on his last trip to Japan to train. This antique dealer was recommended by his sensei who seems to be knowledgeable of such things. Jt

Good evening everyone, I have been a long time fan and practitioner of martial arts and recently got into studying and collecting tsuba. I have a couple antiques and my most recent seems pretty unique. It has a square kogai hitsu. I have never seen this before and cant find any information on it. Any help from the experts would be appreciated. Thank you, Jt