Recent Arrivals

[Stephen]

I should show pix from auction as there much better, but the dragon spoke to me...i know i know.

Think were missing the flaming ball on the back, dont you think?, work in progeress as this will be mounted on a personal Daito I have in mind.

 

Also I want to thank members on not bidding over 80 dollars as i would have lost baby brother and not bought the Big brother, i have to say auction photos left me thinking id have layer rust to remove, none of the kind just bad photos. These twi from my eye had to be made from same stamp or was it a common stamp in the Tempo school? thoughts?

Enjoy

[Stephen]

[Stephen]

auction pix

[christianmalterre]

honestly speaking...

(i do not think this Shoami is that good to purchase it)(either way-you want to mount it...so that´s pretty good and maybe(?) the ensemble will augment it-)

 

These both Tenpo are excellent!

Here you made-good choice-plus certainly big win!

 

Very nice Tenpo works indeed!-Early ones!-Good ones!Honest congratulations!

 

Christian

[Stephen]

Thank You Christian

[christianmalterre]

well-laugh!

i had wished to tell you better(as i do feel you personally do "hold" on this dragon one...)

(jbw-the "stupola-diamond" is the part missing on the yours... "zogan"(cut out on plate)...see your´s picture...)

 

keep these Tenpo-part from this standardstuff late Shoami!-you won´t learn anything from such massproduced works.

(if keeping or collecting an Shoami Tsuba?-Then very certainly only the early ones!)(Those are more than just excellent!)

(Metallurgy!)(aesthetics personally...)LOL!

 

Christian

[Stephen]

well you lost me at hello

[Stephen]

to clarify I buy what strikes my fancy, if it does not meet the high standards of Tosogu collecting is fine by me, a complete sword will be spawned from this whimsical thought of a dragon in clouds chasing the flaming ball that will be added by a renowned metal worker, stay tuned

[christianmalterre]

well?-really?...i think rather not----(i will certainly not "stay tuned"-LOL!)

collecting swords is like collecting Tsuba or else...

you have to know about!

 

Christian

[Stephen]

I so want to channel my 13 yer old granddaughter right now..

[b.hennick]

Of course you can send it to Ford or Brian Tschernaga- rust removal, missing part replaced, patina adjusted where necessary --->stunning tsuba

[John A Stuart]

So many tsuba with that dragon woven in and out like that. It is a great theme and with some TLC, I think is just fine. The missing tama is a shame. John

[Stephen]

Fallow up on the restroration of the Dragon tsuba, Ford did a exlant job of clean up the rust and adding the flaming ball to the point that one would thought it never missing and worn down as the rest the inlays...Well done Ford....great job!!

 

before

 

after

 

[Stephen]

Ill take more photos when i have time, i do want to show front ....bit tired lately, too many med problems approaching 70. Later

[Brian]

The art there was not in replacing the jewel, but doing it and then patinating it and introducing wear so that it matches the look of the rest of the inlay.

Wow..what a job. You would never know it is newer

And a perfect match. That is pretty amazing (and scary)

 

Brian

[Stephen]

Off cell more pix if needed

[Soshin]

Very nice!

[SwordGuyJoe]

Very nice!

[Barrie B]

Well done Stephen.. After restoration it looks great and should look even nicer mounted on your Daito..

 

Barrie.

[Ford Hallam]

Cheers Stephen, it was a fun job. The sort of cunning work I really relish, where the restoration is invisible. Interestingly the various inlays are of differning coppers. As the dragon was origionally gilded this wasn't a concern but now it's quite apparent but neer the less an intersting feature. I used a piece of copper I'd previously made up that contained arsenic, lead and a hint of tin to simulate niguromé, which is what the rest of the copper looks like.