Bruce Pennington Posted June 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2021 I love it! Nicely done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Lewis Posted June 26, 2021 Report Share Posted June 26, 2021 Thanks, I didn't do it myself though. Someone was nice enough to make that for me. He said carving it was a pain because the .925 sterling that the lighter is made of is so much harder than the pure silver he's used to working with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted June 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2021 8 hours ago, C Lewis said: Someone was nice enough to make that for me. That explains a lot! I had just assumed to stumbled across this at a swordshow or something. It's quite gorgeous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted June 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2021 A new one (maybe litterally) on an edo blade posted by @Jwrussell HERE. Rising sun: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryce Posted July 12, 2021 Report Share Posted July 12, 2021 G'day Guys, Here is another Gassan. This one is silver gilt. Cheers, Bryce 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted July 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 On 7/12/2021 at 2:42 PM, Bryce said: another Gassan So, obviously not a 1-off design! Thanks Bryce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu2020 Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 Not a cat, maybe a dragon and waves? -t 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted July 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 3 hours ago, Toryu2020 said: dragon and waves? -t Thanks Thomas, I just learned something (from wikipedia): "Watatsumi 海神 "sea god" or Ryūjin 龍神 "dragon god" was the ruler of seas and oceans, and described as a dragon capable of changing into human form. He lived in the undersea Ryūgū-jō 龍宮城 "dragon palace castle", where he kept the magical tide jewels." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted July 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2021 Sometimes less is more. This vine design is less flashy than the other posted earlier, yet it's simplicity gives off a calm feeling to me. Posted HERE. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itomagoi Posted July 28, 2021 Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted July 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2021 Thanks Peter, great one! I can't draw things like that on paper, and these guys can sculpt this stuff in steel. Amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted July 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 Interesting variation on the rain-pattern, found HERE. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu2020 Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 Stolen from the internet - probably a repeat here... 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu2020 Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 From the recent Kashu To-ken exhibition in Kanazawa taken by a friend... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted July 31, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2021 6 hours ago, Toryu2020 said: probably a repeat here.. There's a similar one on post #95, but yours is a way better photo, thanks! Your second one is interesting with the blackened background and gold on top. A little blurry, do you think it's clouds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu2020 Posted July 31, 2021 Report Share Posted July 31, 2021 Clouds over a village... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted July 31, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2021 Ah, I see it, very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itomagoi Posted August 3, 2021 Report Share Posted August 3, 2021 The next one. 😀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted August 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2021 Wow, some quality work there, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted August 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2021 Not is it's best condition, but another version of the 2-piece found HERE.: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted August 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2021 I'm still amazed at the detail in these. Did they use magnifying glasses to do this work? each 'line' is made with tiny punches in a row. Found HERE, from @Utopianarian: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PNSSHOGUN Posted August 17, 2021 Report Share Posted August 17, 2021 Here's a nice one, Shakudo and gold with Mon: 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted August 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2021 4 hours ago, PNSSHOGUN said: a nice one That is a nice one John! Surprised it took this long for a sakura to show up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itomagoi Posted August 17, 2021 Report Share Posted August 17, 2021 Wanted to add two more habaki. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted August 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2021 22 minutes ago, Itomagoi said: two more Fabulous Peter, thanks! I"m a butterfly buff from way back, so I got to wondering about the image on that second one and tried looking up Japanese butterflies and moths, but couldn't find one like it. What I did find, though, was this strikingly similar image on pintrest: I tried a brief search to see if the pattern had significance, but no luck so far. It was an interesting read on the meaning of butterflies to Japanese culture, though. Lots of love stuff, and womanhood stuff, but the one that caught my attention was the idea that butterflies carry the souls of the dead. Another was that samurai clan often used them in their mon, and on their banners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted August 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2021 Other sakura habaki showing up! This one posted by @Itomagoi HERE. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 On my Kanetsugu 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark S. Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 Two piece copper… rain on boards? I don’t know why it rotated pics like this? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted August 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 12 hours ago, Stephen said: my Kanetsugu Love it guys, great examples! Stephen, do you think that's a mon, the leaf in a circle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted August 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 10 hours ago, Mark S. said: don’t know why it rotated Works anyway! I've found that if a picture rotates when posted, I take the original and crop the edges, even just a little, and it re-posts normally. I like your rain-on-boards idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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