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I have seen the pin mounts fastened with a thread. I cannot remember if they were wood, though.
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HOLD.
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The real thing, a ko-katchushi tsuba with sukashi of fans and cloves. Good iron, excellent patina, hitsu ana a later addition, as typical in those tsuba. 7.5 x 7.5 x .3 cm at the raised rim 0.2 cm at seppa dai. Mid to late Muromachi. SOLD incl. int'l priority shipping to US and Europe (I call that a bargain). PayPal extra, bank transfer possible. Find me a ko-katchushi for that kind of money!
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刀装類聚抄 トウソウルイジュショウ Tōsō Ruijūshō By 森, 久寛 - Mori Hisahiro
Marius replied to Baka Gaijin's topic in Tosogu
Malcolm, Amazing resource. Thank you for sharing! -
Ray, My problem as someone who just loves early soft metal guards - the pics make it look a bit too gaudy and Edo-ish, which I suspect is not the case in reality. My advice to the seller: make some better pictures, show the mimi and the depth of the tsuba, and - for goodness sake - do not show the seppa dai as they were a mirror. It looks like a good tsuba that bad photography has made seem unattractive.
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I would say a tachi with nakago pierced in the style of a kenukigata tachi. Hence, not so early as the former. Call it a reminiscence.
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Explanation - many people dislike those "abbreviations" like waki etc ("waki" is a word with its own meaning, BTW - google waki Goto). It is a matter of taste, in fact. Since you call a wakizashi a "waki", how would you call a katana ? Ka? Kat? Kata? Tell you what... "waki" does NOT sound cool. Be cool, drop it. I know, I am a bore.
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Does waki-crack mean a side-crack?
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Make sure to share the results, please.
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Is this a scan? If so, please take a picture. Scans flatten out objects. If real, a rare and wonderful piece.
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Samurai Art Expo Utrecht
Marius replied to paulb's topic in Sword Shows, Events, Community News and Legislation Issues
@Michael, No rush And many thanks @Francesco That was long overdue -
Samurai Art Expo Utrecht
Marius replied to paulb's topic in Sword Shows, Events, Community News and Legislation Issues
Michael, The new reduced prices are not reflected on the website yet. Anyway, still some time to buy the ticket -
Apart from what Sasano has to say on Kanayama (not much, for that matter) - do we know of any documents that specify a "Kanayama school" and its masters? Or do we have another box here, like tosho and katchushi and my beloved Shoami?
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Samurai Art Expo Utrecht
Marius replied to paulb's topic in Sword Shows, Events, Community News and Legislation Issues
I will be there, without fail. -
And another one....
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Also a kaga nakago.
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Please remove those fingerprints from the blade unless you want to have rust. NEVER touch the blade with your bare hands. Do not clean it with anything other than soft tissue (no fragrance etc), apply machine oil (no other oils, please) but only sparingly.
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May I suggest that the admins close this thread? It seems to be going nowhere....
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Perhaps another http://www.tachisword.com I am sorry Alex, it but the one above is just hillarious and it is Russian scam. Fortunately, we have some serious Russian collectors here on the board. Of course your chokuto may be 100% genuine. But judging by photographs? Impossible.
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Good for you, why do you ask, then?
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I think not. This looks an elderly couple, so possibly Joo (尉) and Uba (媼)? Then again, I miss references to a pine, and what does the tiger mean?
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Yes. Paulownia wood box. Pleanty of these on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_nkw=hanging+scroll+box&_frs=1
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Rai Kunimitsu it was! I have eaten the banana, though. Congratulations
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That makes as much sense as this kantei with one photograph, or the JP kantei by description, but at least it is fun. So let's do it. Uwe, this is not a critique of your effort. Your pics are great, the threads are fun, but let us not fool ourselves that this has something to do with studying swords. This is just fun and should be treated as such. OK, I know, I am a pompous bore John, I just thought about a sword. Late Kamakura. Now you guess what it was.
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I have heard that there are kantei games in Japan where the participants get just a description of the sword and have to make an attribution based on the described characteristics. I think we beat the Japanese with this kantei
