Goto Eijo?

[parfaitelumiere]

Hello,

I have this menuki set, and thinking about goto Eijo, I saw a similar set, same theme, birds are quite similar even water is very different.
But I also saw a water and reef kozuka with goto eiho sigh, and the water is very similar to my menuki set.
What do you think about it?!

 

Second picture is a fitting with goto eijo NBTHK attribution.

 

 

[nagamaki - Franco]

Hello,

 

Talking about these I would assume?

http://japaneseswordgallery.jp/menuki-Japanese-samurai-sword-katana-koshirae-wet-bird-pattern-by-eijo-antique/

 

In which case I'd say copies.

[Brian Ayres]

The first set you posted looks like cast copies. The gold dots for the eyes of the birds look painted on.

[parfaitelumiere]

I can confirm these are not cast, eyes are solid gold and silver is foil.
When I made golden eyes on a tsuba , I used same technic, a hole, a gold wire and a nanako pinch and you get same result.
The silver was very dark when I got it and I cleaned it.
The inner size has the copper part with 4 small sheets and all is hold together with some soldering.
I have seen, owned and even modified cast stuff, and this set is not.