jsv
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A far cry from your swords, where did you buy these tsuba?
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Buying cast tsuba is not good even if its cheap, have some pride when you collect.
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Black lines top of the hamon and lower down in the hamon, its a feature of kiyomaro school. Maybe the smith liked kiyomaros work?
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Its not Ichimonji, skip the boshi for a while and concentrate on the rest of the blade. Get a book.
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Do you have a reliable source for this?
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It looks more like a clock gear to me then a jesuit emblem
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Where did he get the idea from any sources? If I didnt belive it was clock related I could claim its the crown of thornes. I also read the tokei is only an edo attribution so it cant be earlier.
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Wich treasure is this cant find it? Is it papered as ko-akasaka shokah tsuba? Wouldnt the Japanese know the difference between a clock and amida yasuri or Jesus?
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Why would there be counterweights on a christian symbol?
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Red saya and leather wrapped handle is a sub group of tensho koshirae but the fittings are not. Tony
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Tell him to take better photos and remove the habaki.
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It looks more fake then real, cast tsuba with new paint?
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How sure are you about Yagyu?
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Help request on publication source of a recent tsuba buy
jsv replied to Michael 101's topic in Tosogu
It looks like a cast tsuba and if it is the paper is likely fake too. -
Here are two quotes, first one is from Darcy the second one Hoshi.
