Old Tat ??

[Lindus]

In a drawer lay this: a Tsuka and some seppa, been around for some time and occasionally I wonder where it came from. 8cm x 7cm x 4mm, plate with the remains of gold around the Gourd design.

 

Any idea if this is Rubbish and what age that rubbish might be?.

 

How's this?.

[Marius]

Roy,

 

I can't comment the tsuba, but as for the picture... do you have something better?

[Lindus]

Now I see the image enlarged the Ana seem to be punched so I guess your reply will be on the side of Tat.

[Marius]

Thanks for the pic, Roy.

 

Somehow I have the impression that the sukashi are a later addition. The gold applications seem to be low quality... The placement of the sukashi is awkward. I can imagine the tsuba without them, it would look much better.

 

Is that a subtly raised rim I see there? Also, can you post some pics of the interior of the hitsu ana? They seem to have been executed rather carefully...

[Lindus]

No, the mimi is flat, no raised surface at all. The inward slope of the ana would infer the compression caused by punching the hole don you think?

[Marius]

Roy, do you have only this one photograph? I would surely like to have a look at the interior of the hitsu and, so that the tsuba would have to be photographed from the side. What we have he is a scan, which tends to distort a non-flat object. I am reasonably sure that the mimi is very delicately raised.

 

As to punched vs. chiseled - I would leave that to guys like Ford - he knows all the techniques.

[Ron STL]

No offense, but I'd put this one back in the drawer and feast your eyes on better tsuba. Time better spent.

 

Ron H.

[peter]

Hey Roy

I think that mate of yours in Belfast collects such "tat "

Peter