Spartancrest
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I do like the quality of the display fabric, very Wabi-sabi or 汚れた雑巾 Kegareta zōkin?
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Thank goodness they don't make gold lips or you wouldn't be able to use a straw!
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But UGLY goes clear to the bone! - Dorothy Parker
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With the price of gold now - I am considering melting down my wedding ring! [Heck, she won't notice!]
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Reading a copy of the "Times"?
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Unsigned Soten - very unusual - I think I agree with Piers. Hikone-bori.
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To confuse the matter, even when the tagane-ato have been punched and spread the metal into the nakago-ana in order to fit a particular blade, it is also possible that the metal could be filed back in order to fit a THICKER blade. This will result in heavy tagane-ato marks but little to no metal spread into the hole. Fitting a tsuba to a new blade therefore works both ways.
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One category Tim missed, * Weird. I have changed my collection preference to Kawari-gata - this can of course involve most if not all of the other categories that Tim has listed.
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Kabuto/Maedate kamon? Kuwagata Kamon?
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Three eyed snake?
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Someone will have a better notion than me - but the shape of the seppa-dai suggests Hizen? Namban influence but made in Japan. Seriously nice piece!
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Auction Catalogue : "The Art and Symbolism of the Samurai Sword Fittings"
Spartancrest replied to davel's topic in Tosogu
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https://www.jauce.com/auction/v1172904922 back again from 19th April 2022 - [https://www.jauce.com/auction/f1048239985] where it sold for nearly half the new asking price. https://www.jauce.com/auction/d1216400857 sword rack/Kake https://www.jauce.com/auction/c1215355128
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I can see where the Yagyu vibe comes from - Yagu often have that half melted [yakite] look to them. But I don't know enough to say it is.
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Tanaka also seem to have a predominance of Kuchi-beni (口紅) [though not all]
