Higo-san

Seems that these are not so much sought after - final price drop to EUR 50 plus shipping!

Some nice samurai armor for sale at Landshuter Rüstkammer: https://auktion.land...1/?lot_range=488-539. Best Chris

Ah - thanks, Piers! I think you hit the nail on the head! I know that the 網代笠 ajiro-gasa was a traveling hat but what is the meaning commonly associated with a battered ajiro-gasa? Does it mean that every journey (or even life itself) comes to an end sooner or later?

A kasa with a twig (Edit: these are strings as Piers kindly points out in the next post) on top of it; was re-used as a tobacco pouch ornament at some point - 2.1 cm x 1.1 cm

I have listed another couple of items: 6) Some higher quality fuchi kashira: https://www.ebay.de/itm/156759703701 7) Another fuchi lot: https://www.ebay.de/itm/156756012060 8 ) An interesting little maedate: https://www.ebay.de/itm/156760380321 9) Some small stuff for tobacco pouches, seppa, habaki and menuki: https://www.ebay.de/itm/156759838119 Thanks for watching and happy bidding!

Dear all as I have learned that there seems to be a huge interest for gunto spare parts, I have looked through my collection and found another fuchi which may be of interest. It is made from copper and has three marks on it (I have always thought that these were Kinko stamps but then found a website explaining the background: http://ohmura-study.net/794.html). My fuchi has three stamps that can be identified as follows: 1) Private sector sword company trademark: Co,Ltd. Suya Shōten 2) Inspection mark: 東 Army Arsenal Tōkyō Factory 3) Supervisor Arsenal trademark: Army Arsenal Tōkyō Factory As I am no collector of military swords, I do not know how rare these are or what they usually sell for - so please feel free to correct my asking price or make an offer. But I find the history behind these fuchi quite interesting as normally you do not know who made these. Dimensions: Nakago ana: 2.5 cm x 0.62 cm max Fuchi: 1.1 cm (height) x 3.82 cm x 2.5 cm Asking price is EUR 75 plus shipping (up to EUR 23 worldwide depending on your location) Best Chris

Dear all! This is just a quick notice about a couple of my eBay auctions (shipping to EU only): 1) 14+ habaki lot: https://www.ebay.de/itm/156744562269 2) Fuchi lot 1: https://www.ebay.de/itm/156744398655 3) Fuchi lot 2: https://www.ebay.de/itm/156744432544 4) Fuchi lot 3: https://www.ebay.de/itm/156744440343 5) 30+ Seppa lot: https://www.ebay.de/itm/156744456620 Best Chris

sold

SOLD

On hold - that was fast

14.50€!

Dear all! Selling off my gunto spare parts including an iron habaki, several seppa, two single fuchi, a screw menuki (or mekugi?) and a couple of menuki (one with a kamon). Asking price for everything is EUR 50 plus shipping SOLD! Shipping costs vary (up to EUR 25 worldwide) Best Chris

SOLD - and fully paid!

Kantei is always a great thing to do! Your tsuba, Steve, reminds me of a Nara Arichika tsuba with a very similar tadpole design (but without fukurin and zogan). I would attribute both tsuba to Mito tradition, however. The nanako of the first tsuba does not look like Gotō nor anything the Yokoya and succeeding schools would have made. It does fit into the Mito box, however. And the design also looks quite Mito-like to me. Best Chris

SOLD to a friend of mine outside the NMB! But thanks for looking at it and the funny discussion about our beloved wives :-)!