Tsuba

[peterd]

Hi guys. Is there a name for this style. Any school favour this style or any period ?

All comments welcome

Thanks.

[Fuuten]

I'm sorry, i can't help you. However that appears to be one nice tsuba!

[Brian]

 

How odd. And skillful. Do the sukashi go right through? Looks more like an example of what he could do than an actual working tsuba. Stunning, but odd

[ggil]

Wow!

[ROKUJURO]

Peter,

a very nicely executed TSUBA!

Key fret and basket-weave pattern in seemingly good quality! Do some internet research with these keywords, there are some TSUBA to look at and to compare! (http://www.nihonto.com.au/html/tsu232_shakudo_basket_weave_ts.html and others)

[Greg F]

Nice and interesting Tsuba Peter. Like Brian I would also like to know if the Sukashi is all way through? More pics maybe? Cheers.

 

Greg

[peterd]

Sorry Brian do not understand sukashi (open work)

heres some better pictures, hope they help

[Geraint]

Dear Peter,

 

I think we were assuming that the key fret was sukashi but clearly it is not.  

 

Nice tsuba!

 

All the best.

[Alan Morton]

This raised or chased pattern of the Manji character is very similar to the pattern

 

that Ford was demonstrating on his site and his Facebook page about a month ago 

 

Alan

[Ian]

Hi Peter

 

The 'key fret' design is called Sayagata. If you Google it, you will find out more.

[peterd]

Thanks to everyone for looking. I have looked through  all my books on collections and a lot of auction catalogues, did not find anything 

similar.The closest i came, maybe same school. Just maybe

 

[ROKUJURO]

http://www.nihonto.com.au/html/tsu232_shakudo_basket_weave_ts.html

http://ricecracker.com/inventory/822_tsuba_higo_basketweave/822_tsuba_basketweave.html

http://www.japanesesword.com/Images/Fittings/808fittings/808f1/iron_fuchi.htm

[kissakai]

Hi Peter, It raises so many queries

The interaction between the basket weave and keyfret patern

Then the differing colours and the way the zig zag has been created

I hope someone can put me out of my misery with some answers/ideas

I hate to just drop it into the Shoami bucket

It maybe just a very late tsuba created by someone who could!

[Greg F]

Hello Peter,

It seems to me your Tsuba and the example you've shown are as Brian suggested that it could be showing examples of what they can do.

Would love to see similar Tsuba thats carved all way through (sukashi) with the same fine details. Cheers.

 

Greg

[Brian]

Not everything has a school or style. Sometimes they are just a tsuba

[SwordGuyJoe]

And a nice one at that!

[Geraint]

Hi All.

 

Just come across this and thought you might like to see it if you haven't already.  http://www.samuraisword.com/nihonto_c/Hozon/Jumyo/index.htm  I wonder if they were associated at one time?

Just in case you miss it, scroll down for the description of the koshirae and the signature of the artist on the fuchi. 

 

All the best.