808noob

Thankfully I didn't buy it. But some poor sucker did. It was on Ebay. (dealer- almanalanii.hatsuneex6660022) 5 different people bid on it (none me LOL) $92.00 won it. I have been lurking on this site and learning all that I can around the web. I knew that the casting marks were a little fishy. I'm glad I joined the site and asked the question. Thanks everyone for all of the feedback. I love the sprinkles of sarcasm (reminds me of how I would respond). I do live in Hawaii. I guess if I want to do a little collecting this is a good place. Pat

I'm a newby to collecting and am trying to make as least amount of mistakes as possible. I'm looking at this interesting Tsuba but am wondering if it is real and if so ruffly it's age/ value. It's signed and looks old and worn. The issue that I see is that it looks to have casting marks in the hitsu ana. It's supposed to be singed Tomohodo and is supposed to be from Sengoku era c. 1467 – c. 1603 It is made of copper with gold inlay. Weight is 180 grams and diameter is 72mm. I'm thinking of buying it. if real any guesses (wouldn't hold you too it) . What do you guys think?