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Very nice Andi! Yes, given this angle, I agree on the snowflake call. Just bought one of those plastic stands, now that wait for both to arrive!

Wow...some incredible pieces and displays here. Thank you all so much for taking the time. Antti, that is some fantastic furniture you have there my friend. I love the complete feeling of the display as well. Papers and boxes in nice order. The blue felt wall is awesome! I like the bright color, makes the sukashi pieces pop right out. Andi, for me, your method is definitely the best. I love the simplicity and for where I want to display mine, its perfect. You have some lovely tsuba as well. The flower sukashi piece on the lower right is stunning. Tosho, I assume?

Hey all! Just purchased my first tsuba! I got it from Grey (total class act, as I'm sure many of you already know) and I had asked him about displaying it. He recommended I start a thread about it and I agreed that it was a fantastic idea. I'm sure many of you have very neat and clever ways to display your plates and I'd love to see/hear about them! Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks everyone! This place is amazing and I've only been here a couple weeks!

That's fantastic! Wish it was on display when I was there a few months ago.

Hello all! I recently picked up a single menuki for a project of mine from a member here and I was hoping to get some info on it. The tora motif is a favorite of mine and finding nicely executed examples seems to be a bit of a challenge, at least for my budget! This piece is a wonderful one, IMO and I'd love to know more about its origins. The seller thought it might be Nara school and from my limited knowledge (6 months into this hobby) this certainly isn't a bad guess. I know the pictures aren't the best but hopefully they can shed some light on this little girl. Any input or discussion is graciously appreciated. Thank you, Evan

How so? I'm no expert and I'd love to hear the reasoning. To my eye, they do look a bit odd. The detail is lacking and the overall look is strange. The proportions are a little wacky and I've never seen tiger menuki with that style of striping. As far as the backs go, to my novice eye the only thing that stands out is the lack of apparent age and that it's all the same color/tone. Can someone educate me as to what else gives these away?