Barry L Myers Posted April 18, 2020 Report Share Posted April 18, 2020 The percussion has been sold. The matchlock still available at a lower price - $700 plus shipping, obo. One of you watchers need to pick this up. The matchlock is complete. The ramrod was broken off and missing the breech end, leaving only about 18" of the end displayed. I have forged welded a piece on to it so it has a full length ramrod. The Mei is not legible closest to the breech. Here are some pics of the guns: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugyotsuji Posted April 19, 2020 Report Share Posted April 19, 2020 Barry, the Mei is legible. 阿州大嶋房之助高吉作 What we can see of the matchlock looks good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry L Myers Posted April 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2020 Well, thanks. I didn't think that you could discern the last character toward the muzzle. Is that the maker's name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry L Myers Posted April 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2020 Here are some more pics: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugyotsuji Posted April 20, 2020 Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 Barry, maybe you added chalk in the meantime? Actually it is/was not legible to any normal sane right-thinking individual, but a liberal application of fantastic crackling computing brain power and fuzzy logic was able to join up the dots. Oh, and yes. "A-Shu (Awa in Shikoku) O-shima Fusanosuke Kokichi/Takayoshi, Saku (made this)" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry L Myers Posted April 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 The new owner will like to know that, as do I. How do I mark this as sold. I do not see an "edit" function. Bugyotsuji, thank you so much for all your help. Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugyotsuji Posted April 21, 2020 Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 SOLD!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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