‘Tis the season. Akasaka Myoga

[Scogg]

After seeing this Tsuba shared in another thread, I knew I had to have it. I consider it a holiday gift to myself 

 

Sukakashi Tsuba, Akasaka school with Myoga motif. Unusual “S” shape, that was proposed may be an S hook for a kettle. 
 

Anyway, this is a permanent addition to my collection because I like it so much. Sharing just for show-and-tell. 

Cheers,

-Sam 

 

 

 

[Brian]

Nice colour!

[Scogg]

Thank Brian! It's no museum level piece, but I am quite fond of it. It's the first Akasaka tsuba in my collection. Great color, thickness, and weight - but there's still quite a bit of red rust scattered around.

I couldn't buy a sword for myself this holiday, so I think this is a good compromise (checks wife's expression) .
Cheers and hope you're feeling better,

-Sam
 

[Steve Waszak]

Strong piece, Sam.  Congrats.  

[Scogg]

Found some S motif tsuba at the 25’ SF sword show. 
 

One listed as a bracken plant, which I think is interesting. It’s also a little more elongated than the other examples. 
 

Interesting shape that I don’t see depicted very often.

-Sam 

[ROKUJURO]

I think the decoration was meant to be $, but to make the work easier, they left the vertical strokes out.