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  1. Rich S
    My doggie tsuba. Not great, but a rememberance of my dog Po - my once in a lifetime dog.
  2. Rich S
    Congrats indeed!
  3. Rich S
    A wonderful example of Nagamitsu at his best. Possibly a special order sword judging from the mounts. Classic Bizen hamon. Lucky you - I'm so jealous. Rich
  4. Rich S
    Don't trust AI. It will lead you down the garden path to ????
  5. Rich S
    If you want info on Chinese swords try here; http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=2 Need to register, but free and very, very good academic site. Rich
  6. Rich S
    It isn't me I'd love to get a nice cat tsuba. One have 1 with a tiger (already posted somewhere). Ridge can be fierce, but he's not up to tiger status.
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    Scary Tsuba

    Rich S replied to Okan's topic in Tosogu

    Dale It does look a bit melted.Have you checked it with a Geiger counter?
  8. Rich S
    Yes, Ridge needs the armor - we have very mean mice.
  9. Rich S
    Wow! Custom cat armor. I'll have to get a suit for Ridge.
  10. Rich S
    Barry Most mekugi nuki I've seen are either bamboo or brass (both softer the steel). I was wondering if yours made of steel might scratch the mekgui ana or the sword nakago? Neat idea if safe to use.
  11. Rich S

    My tsuba

    Rich S replied to Yabbie75's topic in Tosogu

    Matthew He means the physical orientation of the tsuba. They are normally shown the way they would be mounted on the sword (the "V" should be pointing up. Not a big deal, just the normal way of doing it. Welcome to NMB, Rich
  12. Rich S
    Guess? Maybe Yamakichibei???? No mei, so just in style of? Nice tsuba whatever school.
  13. Rich S
    There are several Kanesane mei on my website. http://www.japaneseswordindex.com/kanezane.htm
  14. Rich S
    Old topic, might look at; http://www.japaneseswordindex.com/unji.htm Rich
  15. Rich S
    Joel Not a problem, just a rarer way of mounting the tsuka. I have a Nagamitsu in exactly the same mounts.
  16. Rich S
    There was a habaki at one time. Can see the outline of one at base of blade.
  17. Rich S
    The Kozuka (utility knife) were seldom made by the same sword smith. Nice Edo period wak; not the same smith as Ichihara Nagamitsu (gendai, WW 2). A good first find. Much better than my first sword.
  18. Rich S
    Possibly at death? Haven't tried that yet though.
  19. Rich S
    Guessing, but perhaps the previous owner did not know the habaki could be removed. ?? Maybe a good thing or the tang would be buffed also.
  20. Rich S
    Looks a bit like a Saotome plate. No idea about lacquer, but agree with Barry.
  21. Rich S
    Not to mention their mates.
  22. Rich S
    I don't know what they are called, but I have a trisho (my name for them) of Saotome tsuba.
  23. Rich S
    I can't translate it for you, but I believe it is a traveling Buddhist shrine.
  24. Rich S
    No, I don't think a Ichihara Nagamitsu variant.
  25. Rich S
    I suspect more of the latter.
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