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Al, they are not mine Took the picture from a listing one ebay, both for 30 dollar i think, However seems like the one on the left is far to gone

There are lots of Japanese accounts on eBay that act as intermediaries,they list pieces for sale from somewhere else, a Japanese web or something for some hundreds more, so if they sell it they get the cut. Problem with this, is that if the real owner sells it, his listing kindda becomes a ghost, as he never had the item nor can obtain it. Not sure if it's the case with this account as seems recent, but they can be easily spotted, as they have listed tons of overpriced pieces, each one with different type of pics, backgrounds, lightings and descriptions Happened to me the same one time, there was a listing with 5 quite decent tsuba for 50$ that had just been listed. Obviously i rushed to purchase it quite nervous. Next day seller confirms. Two days later sends me a refund and told me ''it was sold in person'' It hurts

I see, many thanks kyle, very appreciated

Thanks chris

Found these similar examples on Google images for reference, one is from a member here i think and other from the ashmolean museum, both signed nara.

Excuse me, kao is the seal? Also whats the meaning of go? Google translate doesn't help much, i suppose it means school? Tsuchiya Yasuchika its a big name, should we assume its gimei right? Sorry for all the questions, i usually mostly collect ko kinko, but found this one on ebay quite cheap, i suppose the seller might have though it was one of the chinese fakes, Thanks

Many thanks for the help!

This is the tsuba in question, thanks

Its a copper oni tsuba, a common design of the nara school i think, but this one seems on quite fair shape, maybe revival? , i need help with the translation, two kanji on the right must be the name and the one on the left maybe an artist seal? Im new on these late pieces. Also, there are traces of numbers on white pen? Does that mean it came from a museum/old collection ? Any clue is appreciated,

First time i saw this tsuba it remembered me to one i saw for sale here quite some time ago, momoyama aswell, cannot find the post but saved a pic as it caught my attention: I see, true, it's not the toyotomi mon, did not notice the number of leaves, what a slip, this one is called maruni gosan giri On the manjis theres just so many variations i don't know anymore, maybe something like the right one? Quite the mistakes i made, i think the crests must have had a meaning, as someone spent the time carving the stamps, so maybe to symbolize a wedding? of members of these two families? Infinite possibilities i guess, but certainly we may never know, Many thanks

I'm glad master Osafune Iemori learned english in heaven, it's never too late to pick up new languages

Good evening, Last adquisition is this ko kinko yamagane tsuba stamped with two different mon, rescued from fleabay, haven't received yet. Seems Azuchi–Momoyama period, shows lots of laquer remains, what seems to be a later added kozuka ana and a quite big nakago ana compared to its size, leaving to believe it may have been mounted as uchigatana. Mon stamped on the guard are from the toyotomi clan and hachisuka clan. My question is, could this crests be used to track its procedence and age? I have read that family crests where kind of a big deal in the past, and was considered a offense to carry important crests that didn't belong to you. I ask ,because if this is the case we can be certain that the owner was related in some way to both clan and this could be used to track its procedence, right? Toyotomi clan lasted from 1584 to 1615. Hachisuka clan ruled until 1871(abolition of the han system). So the clue to guess the tsuba procedence would be to see what relationship existed between these those clans; We know hachisuka established near kisu river, and we know that after serving the oda clan they served toyotomi hideyoshi, from whom they received tokushima domain at the beginning of the edo period, so having this in mind, and how toyotomi clan dissolved so close in the future, could we say this tsuba was forged (1603-1615) and belonged to a samurai from tokushima domain? Is this reasoning pausible, or simply there is no way to know on these pieces?

Imo those huge ears scream higo school not shoami. And the patina looks quite damaged and strange, maybe fire damage? No idea about this tho

(Only applicable on iron tsuba) I think choji oil is what you should use, in my case i haven't choji oil so the substitute i use is baby oil, which is simply that, mineral oil, is important after oiling to rub it away nice with a cloth, if you leave it very oiled it could be counterproductive as it could rust (like a sword) Don't know however if its the most correct approach

About cleaning i have come to the conclusion imo that: 1.On soft metal, cleaning and rust remove is a no go, not worth it,brass, copper etc are very delicate, and patina is very hard to achieve, also especially if its ko kinko not touching under any circunstance. 2.On iron, happens that most of the time we want a perfecly clean tsuba but we want it at the moment, however rust doesn't simply go away, it takes time, so what i prefer to do instead of bone sticks is :firstly wash the piece with water and soap, secondly dry throughtly (now should look horrible) and then proceed to simply oil it as it if was a sword and rub it with cloth, this won't remove the red rust but it will deactivate it (tsuba now should look much better) and with time oiling it and cleaning with cloth that rust will become part of the patina

I would go with shoami imo, it's very common for this school to use nunome inlay and textures

Here is the link: https://www.ebay.es/itm/Tsuba-Drache-Dragon-Set-Edo-Zeit-Wakizashi/233103059906?

Just found this weird thing on ebay. The dragon thing seems to be a seppa? Was part of another tsuba? it doesn't seem to originally belong to the tsuba judging from the lack of kogai ana, still, i have never seen such a thing, I know tachis seppas can be characteristic, but this is one is unconventional?

One time i washed a yari nakago on some charcoal dust, and removed it with a cloudy Scotch tape i had lying around, the result was kinda nice, as far i saw it had no effect on the tang, however i'm not sure if its something good to do, but it would help on the tang part

I see, also, i guess it's impossible to say for sure what caused the damage, i will check kirikomi on tsuba, yes, it's in relic condition, no way of bringing it back, but i like it,has an special charm to it

Recently got this tsuba from Japan pretty cheap, was like 8 dollar free shipping, i placed the initial bid to watch it, and to my surprise 1 week later i happened to be the only bidder and winner. The tsuba itself seems to be a thick owari sukashi tsuba heavily rusted with a silver mimi (with a very dark patina) On the listing it was clear that there was damage on the silver covering, however, it was when it got in my hands upon closer inspection that i discovered that interestingly, the damage were on the omote side, 2 light cuts and 1 deep cut, , and the cut on the silver isn't shiny, there is patina to it. Note that the mimi from the opposite side is intact. What do you think? Could it be a tsuba used in combat? Maybe excavated? Or simply mistreated?

What seems like a healthy cheap katana blade in old polish wit bo-hi, price seems fair, why it hasn't sold yet? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Japanese-WWI-WWII-Military-Katana-Officers-Swords-Blade-28-long/263758570294?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649