Is there a fable on this Tsuba?

[Dr Fox]

I have had this tsuba for some time, and I am wondering if there is some story with the various designs shown, both sides have the same details.

 

Denis.

[raaay]

Denis

 

 

before long , i think you will get the usual reply- looks like a chinese fake

but i may wrong, and it wont be the first time

 

Edit. easy to say now after a few posts but i did wonder if it was samai, started to say that then edited my own post because i could not be sure, Honest

 

 

 

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[Thierry BERNARD]

i think you will get the usual reply- looks like a chinese fake

 

I don't think so, it looks like a classical sanmai tsuba!

 

http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/tsuba/sanmai.htm

[Marius]

I go with Thierry. It is sanmai. Not the best quality, to put it mildly... The topic? Hard to say.... Waves, leaping man, three unidentified objects...

[Dr Fox]

In all honesty, I had no expectations of value or age when I bought this Tsuba, it cost very little money! It just appealed, but now it appeals more! I had no idea of its construction, or its type, although I did wonder at the rim which is an obvious addition.

Ok so its not top class or of great age, but in its favour I have fitted it on a serious katana, and have drawn comments in its favour, a case of a goose pretending to be a swan. :lol:

 

Thanks all.

Denis.

[Thierry BERNARD]

I had no idea of its construction, or its type, although I did wonder at the rim which is an obvious addition.

 

the rim is not necessarily, a later addition, just google "sanmai tsuba" and you will find much more informations about this kind of construction

[Dr Fox]

Thanks Thierry

 

I meant the rim was not a solid part, i.e. added after the tsuba was made, but not a later addition.and thanks for the link. And I hope you guys are going to turn me into a serious student, I am spending a fortune on books.

 

Denis