Thierry BERNARD

the first one is signed seiryuken eiju ( you can make a search on the board or google it ) but it's not a great one! for ref http://www.espace4.com/en/collections/nagamarugata-iron-tsuba-dragon-among-clouds/

Hi Dominic i am not sure and perhaps it's just a picture problem but the cutting edge on the second one doesn't look too sharp!!! PS : by the way, please sign all your posts with your name!

一賛堂 乗意

Tsuba 02 : material : iron size : 85.7 x 80.0 x 3.7mm $250 US Tsuba 03 : material : copper size : 80.0 x 73.4 x 5.5mm $300 US SOLD Tsuba 04 : material : iron size : 71.0 x 71.0 x 6.0mm $175 US SOLD Tsuba 05 : material : iron size : 79.5 x 77.0 x 5.6mm $200 US SOLD Tsuba 06 : material : iron size : 81.0 x 81.0 x 5.0mm $300 US SOLD Tsuba 07 : material : iron size : 66.7 x 60.8 x 3.1mm $200 US Tsuba 08 : material : iron size : 81.0 x 81.0 x 4.5mm $150 US SOLD Tsuba 09 : material : iron size : 74.5 x 67.5 x 5.0mm $150 US Tsuba 10 : material : iron size : 72.5 x 70.0 x 5.0mm $350 US SOLD Tsuba 11 : material : iron size : 73.0 x 69.0 x 6.0mm $300 US Tsuba 12 : material : iron size : 73.0 x 70.0 x 5.0mm $150 US SOLD Tsuba 13 : material : iron size : 52.0 x 39.8 x 3.5mm $100 US Tsuba 14 : material : iron size : 74.5 x 67.9 x 3.6mm $200 US Tsuba 16 : material : iron size : 105 x 100 x 3.0mm $400 US SOLD Tsuba 17 : material : iron size : 81.0 x 71.5 x 4.8mm $300 US Tsuba 18 : material : iron size : 87.0 x 87.0 x 7.0mm $500 US SOLD Tsuba 19 : material : iron size : 79.0 x 77.0 x 3.5mm $400 US Tsuba 20 : material : iron size : 66.0 x 63.0 x 4.5mm $100 US SOLD Tsuba 21 : material : iron size : 72.0 x 68.0 x 5.0mm $150 US SOLD Tsuba 22 : material : iron size : 86.0 x 86.0 x 4.0mm $150 US SOLD Tsuba 23 : material : iron size : 97.5 x 90.0 x 5.0mm $175 US

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in fact we need something like this http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/18887-new-certificatekanteisho/ Great idea with this QRCode it's easy to check our papers!!

found another sample in the JC HAWKSHAW colection (but it's the same as the one in the PONCETTON collection)

no matter the box, the tsuba look perfectly legit signed Nara (奈良) + kao

will avoid "torticollis"

Hi James you can count me in! Regards Thierry

Tsuba 02 : material : iron size : 85.7 x 80.0 x 3.7mm $250 US Tsuba 03 : material : copper size : 80.0 x 73.4 x 5.5mm $300 US SOLD Tsuba 04 : material : iron size : 71.0 x 71.0 x 6.0mm $175 US SOLD Tsuba 05 : material : iron size : 79.5 x 77.0 x 5.6mm $200 US SOLD Tsuba 06 : material : iron size : 81.0 x 81.0 x 5.0mm $300 US SOLD Tsuba 07 : material : iron size : 66.7 x 60.8 x 3.1mm $200 US Tsuba 08 : material : iron size : 81.0 x 81.0 x 4.5mm $150 US SOLD Tsuba 09 : material : iron size : 74.5 x 67.5 x 5.0mm $150 US Tsuba 10 : material : iron size : 72.5 x 70.0 x 5.0mm $350 US SOLD Tsuba 11 : material : iron size : 73.0 x 69.0 x 6.0mm $300 US Tsuba 12 : material : iron size : 73.0 x 70.0 x 5.0mm $150 US SOLD Tsuba 13 : material : iron size : 52.0 x 39.8 x 3.5mm $100 US Tsuba 14 : material : iron size : 74.5 x 67.9 x 3.6mm $200 US Tsuba 16 : material : iron size : 105 x 100 x 3.0mm $400 US SOLD Tsuba 17 : material : iron size : 81.0 x 71.5 x 4.8mm $300 US Tsuba 18 : material : iron size : 87.0 x 87.0 x 7.0mm $500 US SOLD Tsuba 19 : material : iron size : 79.0 x 77.0 x 3.5mm $400 US Tsuba 20 : material : iron size : 66.0 x 63.0 x 4.5mm $100 US Tsuba 21 : material : iron size : 72.0 x 68.0 x 5.0mm $150 US SOLD Tsuba 22 : material : iron size : 86.0 x 86.0 x 4.0mm $150 US IMHO GENDAI HOLD Tsuba 23 : material : iron size : 97.5 x 90.0 x 5.0mm $175 US

2 part

Tsuba 02 : material : iron size : 85.7 x 80.0 x 3.7mm $250 US Tsuba 03 : material : copper size : 80.0 x 73.4 x 5.5mm $300 US GENDAI Tsuba 04 : material : iron size : 71.0 x 71.0 x 6.0mm $175 US SOLD Tsuba 05 : material : iron size : 79.5 x 77.0 x 5.6mm $200 US SOLD Tsuba 06 : material : iron size : 81.0 x 81.0 x 5.0mm $300 US SOLD Tsuba 07 : material : iron size : 66.7 x 60.8 x 3.1mm $200 US Tsuba 08 : material : iron size : 81.0 x 81.0 x 4.5mm $150 US SOLD Tsuba 09 : material : iron size : 74.5 x 67.5 x 5.0mm $150 US Tsuba 10 : material : iron size : 72.5 x 70.0 x 5.0mm $350 US SOLD Tsuba 11 : material : iron size : 73.0 x 69.0 x 6.0mm $300 US Tsuba 12 : material : iron size : 73.0 x 70.0 x 5.0mm $150 US SOLD Tsuba 13 : material : iron size : 52.0 x 39.8 x 3.5mm $100 US Tsuba 14 : material : iron size : 74.5 x 67.9 x 3.6mm $200 US Tsuba 16 : material : iron size : 105 x 100 x 3.0mm $400 US SOLD Tsuba 17 : material : iron size : 81.0 x 71.5 x 4.8mm $300 US Tsuba 18 : material : iron size : 87.0 x 87.0 x 7.0mm $500 US SOLD Tsuba 19 : material : iron size : 79.0 x 77.0 x 3.5mm $400 US Tsuba 20 : material : iron size : 66.0 x 63.0 x 4.5mm $100 US Tsuba 21 : material : iron size : 72.0 x 68.0 x 5.0mm $150 US Tsuba 22 : material : iron size : 86.0 x 86.0 x 4.0mm $150 US IMHO GENDAI Tsuba 23 : material : iron size : 97.5 x 90.0 x 5.0mm $175 US add the shipping price

just to be clear the mei is fake but the sword also!

Thank you Sebastien! found it! Tsuba en fer, ovale, ajourée en positif. Elle est fortifiée postérieurement d'une plaque de sentoku, intérieurement dorée et ornée d'un grillage de fils de bronze: 0,088 x 0,086. Bambous et oiseaux stylisés. Oeuvre d'un «Tsubako». Epoque des Ashikaga XVIe siècle. Provenant de la vente Hawkshaw, 1910, n. 5159. Reproduite dans ce Catalogue, pl. IX.

Bushū-jū Masatoshi (武州住正利)

from Markus "Signatures of Japanese Sword Fittings Artists" and Haynes index

Takashige (卓重)

I am afraid you are right!!

no sure they are high class but i love them!! kamakura tsuba kyo sukashi tsuba

Thank you Markus for this very interresting article!! http://markussesko.com/2016/01/20/cast-sword-fittings/

this is the first time I see such tsuba!! I want to share it any thought about age school???

here one of mine

one possibility is that initially this tsuba was perfectly round, but after one or more shock it has been distorted