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I have a papered wakizashi koshirae that has tiger eye on parts of the saya. The kojiri has a larger covering of it, and then up further are a few decorative rings of tiger eye too. If anyone is interested in pics, I could take some in the near future. Jason

Dale, I have seen and read some of this somewhere else, but not in this much depth. Thanks for sharing, I think I can narrow mine down to a more specific Tempo lineage.

Here it is above a zodiac tsuba that is 8.4 cm in diameter.

I have noticed that I have a Tenpo tsuba in my collection that I would like get some feedback on due to the size, both diameter and weight. Looking at the picture it appears to be a typical Tenpo that looks like it was set at least twice by looking at the sekigane. I have been looking to find a similar one but have not had any luck. This one is massive, reaching just under 110 mm at its widest point and weighing in on my scale at 273 grams. My thoughts were maybe this was on a naginata? If not , the blade it was mounted on must have been gigantic too, just for the balance? I have not come across many tsuba this large and was looking for more information if anyone can comment. Jason

Thanks guys, I am off and running!!!!! Jason

Can someone please walk me through on how to use the quote function when replying to threads in a particular thread? I have not been successful and am at the point where I am a bit more active and would like to learn this function. Thanks, Jason

I am going to add a crane to the mix. Nice larger tsuba roughly 8.2cm in diameter. I believe Nick from Nihonto art sold a very similar piece earlier this year from what appears to be the same school.

Here’s the plate.

I have a tachi style guars that fits into this category. The main base is iron and the two plates are sterling.

And since we do not have any menuki yet, I will add one last pic.

Let’s add a kozuka to the mix.

I believe this is a Nara piece, my favorite part of this one is the t moon in the clouds.

Animal and plant tosogu are my favorite themes. I will pick a couple of my favorites and share, starting with this iron base tsuba featuring a rooster, chicks, and bamboo. Jason