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  1. Matsunoki
    …..and the rest🙂? second picture doesn’t seem to have loaded properly hence…..
  2. Matsunoki
    Please can you tell me what this all says on a tsuba box? Many thanks in advance….and apologies for all the shadows.
  3. Matsunoki
    From these images it simply isn’t possible to tell you the age with any confidence. Read what Ray said…..that’s the opinion of a real expert and it’s the best you’ll get. Elsewhere you might get other opinions but that’s all they’ll be…opinions. The blade is in such rough shape that absolutely no detail is visible.
  4. Matsunoki
    Well now we know! An old Tanto blade repurposed. Interesting and it has its own place in history. Possibly used as a multi-purpose tool rather than a gardening tool (wrong shape for that). Also, the saya is far too long and too curved to have been made for this blade so maybe it’s a marriage between an old blade and an existing mounting.
  5. Matsunoki
    Hi Piers, this item is also being discussed in this thread…… Always confusing when we get two threads going on the same item…. Best.C.
  6. Matsunoki
    Please show both sides of the complete nakago ie including the machi area and the jiri. From what you have shown so far the Mei is in a totally inappropriate place on the nakago and thus highly unlikely it was put there by whoever made the blade. The nakago patina suggests that it is suriage and machiokuri ie the nakago has been chopped and the machi moved up the blade.
  7. Matsunoki
    Looks like a heavily abused old Nihonto blade to me. edit……. with a spurious Mei added in an implausible place on a nakago that has been heavily “modified”
  8. Matsunoki
    Did he say exactly how he deduced that?
  9. Matsunoki
    My money is still on re-cycled Japanese blade…..which indeed the Ainu did which makes perfect sense -so the blade could well be that old. However no way the mounts are 4-500 years old (imo)
  10. Matsunoki
    Fake, as I said on your other post. Why post twice?
  11. Matsunoki
    @Bugyotsuji Piers, I was not ignoring your ceramic netsuke……it’s just that I know nothing about them and have never even handled one. As you suggest, many (most?) have not survived to tell their tale. They do have a charm all of their own though.
  12. Matsunoki
    Sorry to say this is not a legit netsuke. It is a low quality “look alike” intended for the modern market. Probably not carved in Japan.You can see the dragons scales have been fashioned using a rotary tool eg a dremmel with a small round burr rather than a sharp blade or graver. It lacks artistry and refinement. I believe this is what Piers aptly describes as a “netsuke like object”. Apologies for disappointment…..but I suspect you suspected.
  13. Matsunoki
    Then we will never know.
  14. Matsunoki
    If you take the peg out does the hilt come off? If so image of tang? Its possible it could be a very poor condition Tanto blade in “home made” mounts. Cant be sure from these pics.
  15. Matsunoki
    Your suspicions are correct. Late Meiji period intended for the enthusiastic foreigners that were around at the time. It looks as if the tsuka and saya are clad in thin pressed sheets of a base metal which would have been brightly gilded/multipatinated at the time thereby giving an impression of some quality. The blades are often just plain unforged steel. I believe the metal used for the mounts is a pewter type alloy. Apologies for any disappointment.
  16. Matsunoki
    What katana? Is there a blade somewhere? Honestly…..this looks made up from assorted bits and pieces.
  17. Matsunoki
    The tsuka wrapping looks brand new and not very well done. Not WW2 in my opinion.
  18. Matsunoki
    It’s perfectly possible to patch up the samegawa if you are careful and use the real thing, not plastic. It can be gently stained to match. Many of the larger missing nodules were often not real nodules anyway but stuck on carved bone that have simply fallen out.
  19. Matsunoki
    Hi Russ I believe the EU are also about to bring in some totally crazy regulations regarding importing antiques of any sort into the EU. I think the importer has to get some sort of permit and it sounds totally bizarre. Anyone in the EU who has swords etc in Japan need to find out all about this or they won’t get their swords back….so I’m told. It’s aimed at stopping smuggling…..madness.
  20. Matsunoki
    Thanks @uwe Best.Colin.
  21. Matsunoki
    Please excuse possible dumb question from beginner….. but is this definitely Edo or perhaps later…Showa?
  22. Matsunoki
    Hmmm, can’t help you there. As part of the EU your regs will be different but probably still very dodgy. Good luck. Be careful. Best. Colin.
  23. Matsunoki
    I’m guessing it varies depending on NI vs Southern Ireland. The regulations will be very different. Where are you? In the UK we can’t ship any bladed item. It’s a nightmare.
  24. Matsunoki
    Hello. why have you posted this on the end of an old topic? Much better if you start a new topic. I doubt you will get any replies doing it this way.
  25. Matsunoki
    Thanks to our ignorant law……congrats are due elsewhere. Wonderful buy at that price. Ought to have been £10k+ and had it been 18thC maybe double that. I don’t think I’ll ever get rid of my inner seething regarding this “issue”☹️ ….and nor have I ever seen a Bizen yaki Kirin. I love Bizen yaki…..such a strong understated ceramic. It is also surprisingly affordable…..it’s a bit too wabi-sabi maybe for many?
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