tsuba Leaves...

[Yves55]

Mistreated tsuba?  (Got it like this!)

Iron

Mei: unread

Diameter: 7,6 cm

Thickness: 0,4 cm

 

Any comment is most appreciated.

 

 

 

 

[Curran]

Yes- mistreated.

A shame, as it is a nice little design.

 

In its current state, it isn't coming back on its own without a ----very---- long time of care.

For these mortally wounded ones, I'm okay with someone professional repatinating it. This one may not be worth the expense.

 

"Shoeblack" might be a better option. Lord knows some of the sellers from Yahoo!Japan use such tricks.

One of them is notorious for it.

[Stephen]

Im not saying you should do this to your tsuba, or should it be done on higher end tsuba.

FF to 6:40 or so

This will bring the black back, be sure to oil asap coming out of last boiling water, dont forget to seal with wax.

[seattle1]

Hi Stephen:

 Thanks for the interesting reference above.

 Arnold F.

[Yves55]

Thanks Curran and Stephen 

Anyone to read the mei ? 

[John A Stuart]

Unshu Hinoki (?) ju Kinmasu Osusei (足倩) The last two, hmmm, I'm not sure. John     I fixed an error.

[kyushukairu]

I got a few different characters, John
Unshu matsu ju 雲州松住
Sadakiyo 錦枡定清

[John A Stuart]

I like that better. Sadakiyo. John