Thierry BERNARD

the most expensive is larger and have an NBTHK Hozon kanteisho!

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Barnum mermaid

Hi Markus let me know if some copy remain I will take one more!

Over 100 years old = TVA 5.5% but only if the item is correctly declared! otherwise they apply TVA 20%. plus chronopost fee 21€

tsuba 39 Size : 82x75.9x4.6 mm Material : iron Price : 225$+shipping tsuba 40 Size : 85x79.5x5 mm Material : iron Price : 225$+shipping SOLD tsuba 49 Size : 75x70.6x4.5 mm Material : iron Price : 225$+shipping tsuba 52 Size : 85.8x79.5x4 mm Material : iron Price : 200$+shipping tsuba 64 Size : 78.4x74.2x4.1 mm Material : iron Price : 400$+shipping tsuba 66 Size : 68.3x63.3x4.6 mm Material : iron Price : 200$+shipping SOLD tsuba 67 Size : 74.4x67.4x5 mm Material : iron Price : 200$+shipping tsuba 70 Size : 71.5x67.9x4.4 mm Material : iron Price : 225$+shipping SOLD tsuba 77 Size : 74.5x67.9x3.6 mm Material : iron Price : 200$+shipping tsuba 106 Size : 74.5x71.2x5 mm Material : iron Price : 300$+shipping SOLD tsuba 110 Size : 66.7x60.8x3.1 mm Material : iron + tsuba 111 Size : 52x39.8x3.5 mm Material : iron Price : 250$+shipping tsuba 115 Size : 72.8x68.9x4.6 mm Material : iron Price : 200$+shipping SOLD

for only one tsuba a full drawer is perhaps a little to much! seems to be a nice collection!

備州長船祐定

http://www.jssus.org/nkp/koto.html

mine is Aizu-Shoami! for the second one I don't have a good feeling but can't say more from theses pictures

but it could be a bad and costly surprise!!!

and history, culture, religion, metallurgy, ....

more pictures!

a good day with good guys!! what else??

John I think you don't know google translator so I post a link here https://translate.google.fr/ Veli already made the most difficult part!

tsuba 39 Size : 82x75.9x4.6 mm Material : iron Price : 225$+shipping tsuba 40 Size : 85x79.5x5 mm Material : iron Price : 225$+shipping tsuba 49 Size : 75x70.6x4.5 mm Material : iron Price : 225$+shipping tsuba 52 Size : 85.8x79.5x4 mm Material : iron Price : 200$+shipping tsuba 64 Size : 78.4x74.2x4.1 mm Material : iron Price : 400$+shipping tsuba 66 Size : 68.3x63.3x4.6 mm Material : iron Price : 200$+shipping SOLD tsuba 67 Size : 74.4x67.4x5 mm Material : iron Price : 200$+shipping tsuba 70 Size : 71.5x67.9x4.4 mm Material : iron Price : 225$+shipping tsuba 77 Size : 74.5x67.9x3.6 mm Material : iron Price : 200$+shipping tsuba 106 Size : 74.5x71.2x5 mm Material : iron Price : 300$+shipping SOLD tsuba 110 Size : 66.7x60.8x3.1 mm Material : iron + tsuba 111 Size : 52x39.8x3.5 mm Material : iron Price : 250$+shipping tsuba 115 Size : 72.8x68.9x4.6 mm Material : iron Price : 200$+shipping SOLD

http://page4.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/d155741492

Hi there is a problem on sales section for tsuba&fittings : when you select the satsuma tsuba it's the large iron tsuba which is displayed

and no need to learn sword cutting to study Nihonto! :D

Ok Ford I will bring it!

will be there!

wax!

indeed! it's the reason why I decided to open this thread! and I am waiting for other opinions! don't be shy! by the way I am thinking this tsuba was repatinated! what do you think??

please don't turn this thread to a war ! I just want it as an educational one! after an examination I don't think it's cast my points are : firstly the size of this tsuba is large and relatively thin which make quality molding hard to produce secondly what is considered as molding bubbles on the seppa dai can be produce by the folding (see the surface of myochin tsuba for comparisons) thirdly I am not sure this tsuba were never mounted if it was mounted it could explain why the mei seem not too sharp fourthly I see some chisels mark in the mei in one of the kogai ana there is what i think is a delamination ware ( seem too flat to be a bubble ) the metal is not very homogenous an i can't really see bubbles in the chrysanthemum petals it could be chisels mark and finally this tsuba is papered ( I know an old paper ) what do you think!

with a myochin tsuba for a surface comparison