Stephen Posted December 17, 2014 Report Posted December 17, 2014 did a bit of Christmas shopping for myself, your take on school? better pic when it arives and i clean up some rust. Quote
jason_mazzy Posted December 17, 2014 Report Posted December 17, 2014 I believe this was an ebay tsuba? I had my eye on a couple like that. I want to see it all cleaned. Quote
Stephen Posted December 18, 2014 Author Report Posted December 18, 2014 I guess you and everyone else Quote
jason_mazzy Posted December 18, 2014 Report Posted December 18, 2014 What did you like about this tsuba the best? Quote
Stephen Posted December 18, 2014 Author Report Posted December 18, 2014 I had been watching it from day interred on ebay and with each look it grew on me, I like the balance of design and being i have arrowhead palatine in my Koi pond it struck close to what i enjoy in summer. I have yet to get them to flower, maybe if we get a long season, most likely not with a new ice age coming. Quote
jason_mazzy Posted December 18, 2014 Report Posted December 18, 2014 I had been watching it from day interred on ebay and with each look it grew on me, I like the balance of design and being i have arrowhead palatine in my Koi pond it struck close to what i enjoy in summer.I have yet to get them to flower, maybe if we get a long season, most likely not with a new ice age coming. dang global warming or freezing or whatever.................. Quote
Stephen Posted December 18, 2014 Author Report Posted December 18, 2014 must be so bad others feel best not to comment, and i the only bidder "i must have been fooled again!" to muder a Who song Quote
Kronos Posted December 18, 2014 Report Posted December 18, 2014 I like it Stephen although it seems very different to other Tsuba I have seen. Not knowing anything about fittings I can't comment further. Quote
Brian Posted December 18, 2014 Report Posted December 18, 2014 Already told ya I like it, but would like to wait until you receive it so we can get better pics. This one doesn't show much. Brian Quote
peter Posted December 18, 2014 Report Posted December 18, 2014 Hi Stephen, maybe a video or something on how your process goes on cleaning it up as you have done a great job on others? Peter Quote
hxv Posted December 18, 2014 Report Posted December 18, 2014 Stephen, I like the tsuba, too. Very elegantly done! Hoanh Quote
Dr Fox Posted December 18, 2014 Report Posted December 18, 2014 Hi Stephen,maybe a video or something on how your process goes on cleaning it up as you have done a great job on others? Peter Stephen, like Peter I too would like to get a heads up on tsuba cleaning. I showed a nice signed tsuba on here not so long ago, the advice I got was that it needed cleaning. Some of the great guys here, even sent me some piano keys to make ivory scrapers. I will be honest it frightened me to death, I just didn't have the nerve or skill belief to touch it, so I never did! I still think the tsuba and I are both better off for that decision. Quote
Stephen Posted December 18, 2014 Author Report Posted December 18, 2014 Doc you should give it a try ill pm you my address and let you know if i think youll give it some harm. If iron and Ivory, not likely Quote
Stephen Posted December 18, 2014 Author Report Posted December 18, 2014 closer look from auction Quote
Stephen Posted December 20, 2014 Author Report Posted December 20, 2014 Arrived and very happy with it, worthy of mounting on fine sword. enjoy if you can. Quote
Brian Posted December 20, 2014 Report Posted December 20, 2014 I like it, very nice. Would this fall into Kinai school maybe? I think Kinai used gold accents etc. Some similarities.. http://www.scholarsresource.com/browse/work/2144654525 Brian Quote
Stephen Posted December 20, 2014 Author Report Posted December 20, 2014 So far i have Brians Kinai (btw thanks for the link) this from another member Distinct crisp looking Kyo Shoami (my opinion from design and from punch marks on seppa dai). and this other members take Bushu or possibly Choshu. Looks nice. thinking of sending it to boths Shinsas to see how they call it. Quote
Veli Posted December 20, 2014 Report Posted December 20, 2014 Aesthetically pleasing! Reminds me of some Bushu school tsuba... BR, Veli Quote
hxv Posted December 20, 2014 Report Posted December 20, 2014 I like the elegance - very, very classy. Hoanh Quote
jason_mazzy Posted December 20, 2014 Report Posted December 20, 2014 Looks much better in your picture. I should have bid! LOL Quote
Stephen Posted December 21, 2014 Author Report Posted December 21, 2014 thank you one and all. Glad you didn't Jason, it would have cost me much more. Quote
jason_mazzy Posted December 21, 2014 Report Posted December 21, 2014 You deserve it more than I, Stephen. Quote
Soshin Posted December 24, 2014 Report Posted December 24, 2014 Hi Stephen, I would go with Kyo-Shoami School as the maker of your new tsuba circa middle Edo Period. Quote
seattle1 Posted December 24, 2014 Report Posted December 24, 2014 Hello: Bizen Shoami might do it; the seppa-dai looks wrong for Kyo IMHO. Arnold F. Quote
Stephen Posted December 24, 2014 Author Report Posted December 24, 2014 Thank you David and Arni, like the old sword show saw, ask ten tables get ten diff answers. Thank you for looking. Quote
jlawson Posted December 24, 2014 Report Posted December 24, 2014 It is Kinai although unsigned. Design is done quite a bit and the color of the steel is a tell for me as well. Nice Tsuba Stephen. Quote
jlawson Posted December 24, 2014 Report Posted December 24, 2014 How about I re-phrase and say (I think) it is Kinai... I have some that are similar. It also shows some choshu traits as well. Quote
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