Not tsuba but as requested

[Ask]

Sorry for posting this here but mariusz asked.

[Curran]

Two "orphan" menuki, and a water dropper for an ink stone?

[Ask]

curran you are too good.

So will it be brass or. Gold?

[TosoguCz]

So will it be brass or. Gold?

A gilded copper.

[Ask]

Thanks for your input.

[Soshin]

Hi John K.,

 

The last lone menuki has a copper base with gilded gold. The amount of gold is very small. With all of the things you have found so far in old houses in Japan you could open your own Japanese antique store on eBay. :lol:

[Marius]

Keep'em comin' John. We are all looking forward to seeing the Honjo Masamune

[Ask]

Alas Mariusz no masamune and it would make no difference if i did,its difficult for normal people to keep things like that here.

[Brian]

Actually, it's not.

It's fairly easy and has a standard procedure. There is even a thread about it somewhere on the forum here.

 

Brian

[Ask]

First we would need to ensure the owner or ex owner had no family,if they did it goes to them.

If not then I'd need to ask the contractor if they wanted it,if not Then if my boss never wanted it I'd need to ask could I have it and I'd need paper from him saying so.

Then it's the police to inform them then they check with the boss then they keep it for 3 to 6 months to see if anyone claims it.

If after that no one came,I need to convince them why I'd like it,if they are ok with that I fill in paperwork and get invited to the next nihonto appraisal meeting to be told genuine or not.

If the police say no,probably one of them would keep it or it would be put in a box somewhere.

Seems like a lot of work and time and it would be sad if they said no.

Small things are ok,something like like that is different altogether I think.