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Mine too Jean

Pleasure to deal with you Chris

Tsuba sold

Number 6 sold, Number 2 still availible Added a shrimp Iron Tsuba, Size: 71x63mm 130 Euro truelotus PMd you.

Number 6 and 2 on Hold

Number 1 sold

Hey guys, just getting some stuff out to make place for new tsuba. 1. Samurai Kashira 35x15mm 35 Euro (Photos were hard to get sharp on all ornament parts) 2.Fuchi-Kashira 35x18mm 50 Euro 3. Single Menuki 32x16mm 30 Euro 4. Massive Fuchi Kashira 35x20x14mm 35 Euro (Please excuse bad quality picture) 5. Simple Kashira 32x15mm 15 Euro (No picture at hand, just a kashira without any ornaments) 6. Menuki pair with box 36x13mm 80 Euro The pictures I made are very large and show much detail, please be aware that you see every little mark, so they look better in hand. Link for the pictures: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ghpcjst51yrf7ki/AAAfa2xQIoh-Sq6y3li5eq9Ca?dl=0 Regards, Marco

Hey guys, I wrote them a mail and asked for it a few days ago and they stated that they have a money back guarantee on Hozon bot nothing for Tokubetsu Hozon. I quote: "For this blade it is hard to get Tokubetsu hozon".

Thank you very much!

Hello guys, as my kanji ist still a disaster I would really appreciate some help with this mei. Thank you very much!!

Tank you for the Board Brian! And thank you Ford!

Hello, I searched for some time now a hisage and could not find one anywhere online, do you have some shops in hand who sell these? Any help would be amazing, Marco

Hey Guys, final update: They state the Tsuba to be fine and authentic, they told me my concerns are unfounded and their expert carefully examined the piece. Price 1000 EURO with all taxes, etc. 1290 Euro as starting price. Thanks for that... stupid scammers it seems. Time for the single malt...

No update yet on their statement, but a photo of the backside

I still think we should be carefully with suggesting they purposely did this, but thank you for the backup on my issue that this is definately a fake.

Just got a new mail from in their department chief. He's very sorry for any problem caused and will check my issue with the owner of the Tsuba on monday. He will inform me by Tuesday about further actions like taking down the auction. Will write the result here on Tuesday. Auction is on Sep 16th, so there should be no risk of sb getting fooled until Tuesday

Ok thought it was just some junk. The "inserts" looked just painted, the quality is poor and the scenery seems like a modern composition, just wanted your opinion that it is a fake. I called the auction house and was connected with their "asiatics expert". After telling my points, she told me that the seller is a well known and trustworthy collector and that she can 100% assure the correctness of the items description in their sales catalogue... I quote (my translation): "Magnificient Tsuba made from patinated copper. Japan, Edo-time(1603-1868) Inlays of a general fighting an Oni. Finely worked out with high relief, rich details in gold, silver and copper. Backside with Mountains, and Letters [No signature, I asked and she said theres none] and the other part of the blade. D ca.8cm, Signs of age, Important piece from an important asiatics collection." I want to underline that this is one of Germanys TOP 5 Auction houses... Gotta grab a scotch...

Hello, I found this Tsuba a few days ago and wondered about it. After talking with the seller I had no real information gain, only that it is 8cm in diameter and has no signature. He won't send me pictures of the backside (strange) and he says it is from mid edo period. It has also been listed with these informations by a bigger German auction house which is pretty serious, and they gave it starting bid of 1000 Euro, calling it "important work". All this seems a bit strange to me, though I'm new to nihonto and Tsuba and would love to hear some thoughts from more experienced members about this offer and also some sources for more general information on Tsuba you could recommend. Have a nice weekend, Marco

Thank you all, but to the shinsa point, Shinsa would bemore expensive than what I payed for the blade, not sure if this is worth... Any idea where to search for a whole translation of the sayagaki?

So from the tang it should be Bizen Osafune, backside saying August, but last letter I do not know... For the sayagaki I cannot help myself at all. Thats all I know atm.

Hey there, recently got this nihonto with few informations about it. There's a lot to read on it, so I feel somehow helpless. There's a lot to translate, especially for one person, so every little bit would be very helpful. Thank you very much guys!

Thanks for all responses! And Jean (C.) I never thought of that, but my insurance company wants every piece I have listed and are very strict with that.

Hey guys and nice evening, got this tsuba from a neighborhood garage sale for little money. I have no concrete information about it, searched a bit and found one close to it on aoi, calling it out to Kinai echizen school. Has leftovers from a signature, i try to make it visible as good as possible. Would be very nice to get some info about it, if possible also about the approximate worth for my collection insurance company. Thank you very much in advance guys!

Hey guys, I found a really nice blade for a good price, but I'm unsure with the boshi. You maybe got some useful information for a newbie? Thank you very much in advance!

Good evening everybody, I would like to ask you about possibilities for handling a shinsa. I know a few people who offer handling this, but for 1000€ on a hozon paper and more... This especially goes out to the German members here and their experiences. Thank you very much, Marco