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Earlier in this thread was a post about used storage boxes with Christies labels attached - well how about second hand Shinsa papers in bulk! https://www.jauce.com/user/vzmkp83951 This seller could supply you with a wealth of certificates for a much cheaper rate! I have said this before "what do you actually get when you buy papered pieces?" What are you paying the money for? The object or the piece of paper? Seems the paper is not worth that much really.

Hi Chris, At first glance there looked like casting marks around the rim - but on closer inspection I noticed the fukurin, nicely done at that, lighting is always a problem especially with old eyes. The crimping matches the iron rim, I bet it sets off the rest of the guard in sun light, I can't give a school but it looks some age and the skill level is excellent. Good find !

A few more designs thrown in - seems to be a popular theme, I am sure there are plenty of other utsushi out there.

Though unlikely to find their way down here I will keep my eye out on auction sites - I never forget a face! Lets hope they are sitting under a pile of yet to be delivered packages. Nothing is ever truly lost and with hundreds of lookers they will reemerge. THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE IS ON THE CASE!

Whilst most of the examples previously shown are low grade pieces, those that follow are all mass produced fakes and should not be confused with them. https://www.jauce.com/auction/l595056282 https://www.jauce.com/auction/j641163853 https://www.jauce.com/auction/o378651664 https://www.jauce.com/auction/j641725546 https://www.jauce.com/auction/m406413727 https://www.jauce.com/auction/q351538692 https://www.jauce.com/auction/g407382117

Well we here in Australia are lucky - only returned Australians and a few visitors, all in quarantine, have covid. We have had very little covid overall , Tasmania none at all now for 5 months. Shoki must be doing his job very well here! Arigato Shoki https://www.jauce.com/auction/k447588850 - He certainly gets about!

They still seem to go on forever - this one has a similar design of a fabric screen, as the one posted by Geraint above, but with no raised rim and maple leaves. https://www.jauce.com/auction/x756177582

Yas - Well it only took seven days for the Shoki and Oni to reappear, this time with a buy it now price of 180,000 yen https://www.jauce.com/auction/m472852406 - the Mei is certainly unconvincing - but the colours should turn most away.

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I think we have hijacked this thread No it is not a Christian cross on that guard, not even an orthodox cross. Tea room windows? Seller is trying too hard - nothing wrong with what it really represents. [Yas, you are right she is a glutton!]

Yas one sold last night - https://www.jauce.com/auction/p817342531 not as nice, the window is empty. I have pictures of 18 utsushi [including the one you posted and this one] Samurai must have loved a good cup of tea! I know of two sets of daisho as well. The set here is described as Bushu also, but has no signature - so it may be a guess. We already have one Bulldog to pat - if she would get out of bed!

I like the Japanese idea of driving out evil spirits with sardines - but I think my idea will drive next doors cats away as well! I couldn't find any Holly so went for a garland of Japanese maple branches.

If this is just Koshirae what is the tsuka stuck on? Unless there is a blade the tsuka has just been sat atop the tsuba - the wrong way around. Are there three mekugi-ana in the tsuka or is the top one a tear in the samegawa? The image is just not that clear but the lower mekugi-ana has no peg that I can see.

Sorry but I keep finding new patterns - this one has a large butterfly motif- https://www.jauce.com/auction/u416256778 The quality of this one looks great.

Patrice, https://www.jauce.com/auction/p827924140 Peony and Shishi ? I like his slightly beaten up piece with the Oni and broken symbols - not so pretentious https://www.jauce.com/auction/w443259638

Kobushi -gata [closed fist shape] one of the more common 'odd shaped' designs. The one you have pictured is a widely copied design, some are very recent cast fakes- I don't believe this one is fake, the workmanship looks good , I can't attest to the mei, but it could be genuine. The example from the Georg Oeder collection has the same mei. There is a poorer example in this thread - One of my big ugly kobushi brutes.

The fukurin probably hides the construction method, not your usual Shingen that is for sure. Barry that Varshavsky one is a bit rough and ready - plenty of loose wires. He has another one that is dual personality but on the one face. We can't see the opposite side to see how it is constructed either. Is the double sided from your collection Peter?

I have been buying gear [mostly tsuba] for about seven years from Jauce. The packaging is so good you could literally drop it from a plane! The shipping at the moment is expensive DHL, was not so bad when EMS was open. The Jauce format is very different to eBay, you need to deposit your funds first before an auction, I find this an advantage as you can't spend what you don't have! They do drop in some strange fees though - deposit fee, banking fee, winning fee and you are charged the local postage cost getting to the Jauce warehouse [ even though I suspect the seller pays for that up front] I hope that doesn't put you off because the bargains you can get really out weigh the little fee nibbles. I have bought some items through auction for as low as 1 yen [with no other bidders] and a lot of identical material on eBay were four or five times the price - and you still pay shipping. The same items are often also listed on Yahoo Japan https://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/

Hi Hamish I have been buying gear [mostly tsuba] for about seven years from Jauce. I agree with Ian the packaging is so good you could literally drop it from a plane! The shipping at the moment is expensive DHL, was not so bad when EMS was open. The Jauce format is very different to eBay, you need to deposit your funds first before an auction, I find this an advantage as you can't spend what you don't have! They do drop in some strange fees though - deposit fee, banking fee, winning fee and you are charged the local postage cost getting to the Jauce warehouse [ even though I suspect the seller pays for that up front] I hope that doesn't put you off because the bargains you can get really out weigh the little fee nibbles. I have bought some items through auction for as low as 1 yen [with no other bidders] and a lot of identical material on eBay were four or five times the price - and you still pay shipping. Have fun.

Sorry but after a few days the smell would probably keep most things away - maybe not cats?

Yas, Mushrooms is right!

Yas, is this one the same as the 'Wanted man' above? It is listed by a different seller? https://www.jauce.com/auction/b515768575 [https://www.jauce.com/auction/n488809158] has been cancelled? Or are we seeing more of these reproductions? The detailing is identical, but of course it would be if both are from the same factory?

Richard, It has the same features as the last one I posted with the leaves overlapping the rim - what do you think cast or utsushi? I am not a big fan of package deals they always contain some form of rubbish you don't want. [Not saying that guard is rubbish but you know what I mean]. Thanks for posting the image.

Do these ever end? https://www.jauce.com/auction/f488928175 https://www.jauce.com/auction/f487942011

It is a good thing Walt Disney didn't see those rabbits - or we would have had 'Usagi' the flying rabbit, Dumbo could never have competed. https://www.jauce.com/auction/533149538