Moving Sale #1: Late Edo Higo style koshirae. 101cm w/ 2 tsuba. [Curran]

[Curran]

• Pending a possible move in September-October, a probable tosogu purchase from a fellow group member - going to list a few sub $1000 items.
• First up is a Late Edo Higo style koshirae. (edited)

• $850+ shipping.

• Comes with 2 tsuba: original copper based one and a modern that makes for better display peice.
  Length: 101cm. 24cm of tsuka + 77cm of saya. The blade tsunagi is about 74cm in length, so runs relatively deep into the saya.

• Note 2 old lacquer repairs, as it came to me from Japan.

• Curran in ATL, Georgia, USA

[Curran]

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[Curran]

Final pics?

[Rawa]

Add menuki please

[Curran]

Menuki pics added.

Plant design. 

     Nothing epic about the menuki. Serviceable of decent size, and well placed.

 

[dimitri]

Very pretty.
Could you please tell us the "sori" of the blade?
Thank you.

[Curran]

57 minutes ago, dimitri said:

Very pretty.
Could you please tell us the "sori" of the blade?
Thank you.

 

Slight saki-sori of the blade.

3 measurements of about 1.51 to 1.53 cm sori.    Avg. about 1.5175cm

 

As mostly a fittings and koshirae collector the last 25 years, I don't have the sori measuring tool that the shinsa teams use.

 

[dimitri]

Thank you for this clarification.

[Curran]

Price drop to $775 for a week.

Late Edo Higo sort of koshirae, two tsuba, and Japanese woven sageo.

 

[Warning:   Then, probably I pull it.]

Kinds surprised it hasn't sold. Good well maintained antique koshirae aren't that easy to find anymore.

Yes, I know the sageo is tied wrong. It helped with the former kake.

 

Seriously interested, please PM.

 

[Rawa]

I would be in heaven being able to buy in USA without extra 25% of customs and vat. You have good items. Keep it up! More they bite better item you sell. We lacking close up of omote side [tsuka-samegawa nodes]