Did I overspend?

[Spartancrest]

I won this Kawari-gata "Nobuie" guard for ¥ 4,100. To be fair it was pretty dirty and rusty - but a little elbow grease it has come up a treat.

Anyone got any idea of which "Nobuie" might have made it? 

[Infinite_Wisdumb]

Nice work Dale!

How many hours did you spend cleaning?

[Spartancrest]

Well it only arrived this afternoon - Half an hour?

Lucky for me the guy selling it couldn't take the time or put in the minimal effort, it might have cost me considerably more if other bidders had seen it tidied up. 

[Bugyotsuji]

WOWZ!!!!!!!!! What. A. Contrast!!!!!!!!!!

That doesn’t even need a second clean!

 

Oh, …no you didn’t! (Overspend)

[Steve Waszak]

Kudos, Dale, on the tidying up!  Excellent work.    You definitely didn't overspend.    I believe this would be Echizen Nobuie.  Nicely done.  

[Spartancrest]

Apparently I didn't overspend: https://nihonto.com/unusual-tsuba-by-nobuie-信家鐔　110222/

Of course my new acquisition doesn't have papers and nothing really by way of provenance - but I think I got a bargain!

Thank you all for your thoughts and thank you Steve for pointing me in the direction of Echizen Nobuie. 

[Tcat]

Wow and congratulations, that cleanup turned out VERY nice.

[Bugyotsuji]

Here’s another nata tsuba, probably younger than yours, Dale.