sukashi tsuba

[1tallsword]

hello folks, my knowledge is limited on tsuba, but im learning. have many books and read lots of hours online. the tsuba in question has me stumped and i know one of you very knowledgable folks will teach me. this tsuba is from a tachi i purchased. i was leaning towards akao or ono school early edo. but with my lack of experience on tsuba i would like your opinions and knowledge, thank you in advance for your time.

[hxv]

Jeremy,

 

The nice tsuba and fittings bode well for the blade. Will you be posting pictures of the blade soon? I'm dying of curiosity.

 

Regards,

Hoanh

[Marius]

Interesting tsuba. The rim looks forged, the inside looks cast. I sincerely hope I am wrong - pictures can be tricky.

 

Why do you call the sword a tachi? Does it have tachi mei? Is it very long? Is it in a tachi koshirae, but with a katana tsuba? You might want to show the whole package here :-)

[1tallsword]

ill get you folks some pics of the whole package, as to your question why i call it a tachi, im going on age,form and length.it started life as a 14th century tachi 34-35 inches , now mumei o-suriage 28 inches.

[1tallsword]

def. not cast. must be the pick your looking at :D thank you again.