Tsuba arrived

[Stephen]

did a bit of Christmas shopping for myself, your take on school? better pic when it arives and i clean up some rust.

[jason_mazzy]

I believe this was an ebay tsuba? I had my eye on a couple like that. I want to see it all cleaned.

[Stephen]

I guess you and everyone else

[jason_mazzy]

What did you like about this tsuba the best?

[Stephen]

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.

[jason_mazzy]

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..................

[Stephen]

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

[Kronos]

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.

[Brian]

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

[peter]

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

[hxv]

Stephen,

 

I like the tsuba, too. Very elegantly done!

 

Hoanh

[Dr Fox]

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.

[Stephen]

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

[Stephen]

closer look from auction

[Stephen]

Arrived and very happy with it, worthy of mounting on fine sword.

 

enjoy if you can.

[Stephen]

[Brian]

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

[Stephen]

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.

[Veli]

Aesthetically pleasing! Reminds me of some Bushu school tsuba...

 

BR, Veli

[hxv]

I like the elegance - very, very classy.

 

Hoanh

[jason_mazzy]

Looks much better in your picture. I should have bid! LOL

[Stephen]

thank you one and all. Glad you didn't Jason, it would have cost me much more.

[jason_mazzy]

You deserve it more than I, Stephen.

[Soshin]

Hi Stephen,

 

I would go with Kyo-Shoami School as the maker of your new tsuba circa middle Edo Period.

[seattle1]

Hello:

Bizen Shoami might do it; the seppa-dai looks wrong for Kyo IMHO.

Arnold F.

[Stephen]

Thank you David and Arni, like the old sword show saw, ask ten tables get ten diff answers. Thank you for looking.

[jlawson]

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.

[jlawson]

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.

[Stephen]

Thank you James

[Brian]

I also agree with Kinai.

 

Brian