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I admit when it comes to tsuba terminology, I am not very good and I appreciate your explanation John and yes, its of course obvious then. Thanks.

Nice with the feedback. Im pretty sure that it is kebori, as the rims/mimi (when having it in the hand looking) are not deep enough for inlay of any kind, and when looking there are nothing that indicates there have been. John, you are right it looks like remnants of gilding, but when looking very close in reality, the gilding seem to be made that way as small dots, placed just next to or in the end of the rims/mimi. Been considering this myself, but im quite sure of this. But whether it is Echizen Nobuie or gimei I will trust your oppinions as I am not experienced with works og Nobuie at all. But I certaintly appreciate your oppinions. //Jimi

Hi Mark, Good memory of Matt! Funny, because both of mine are wakizashi's too and one of the actually is also a long wak., both with nice shape as well. One of them is i fine polish but the other one is very "tired" in polish, almost no hamon at all. Both are in koshirae. I also lost a lot of pictures in a crash (you love windows too?), but I will shoot some new in the weekend and post them here. I appreciate the pics you posted, for some reason I like the Nobusada blades. //Jimi

Wow, that was eally great info. Really cool ypu posted that picture of (your own?) tsuba, the style/shape are very identic/similar to the one I have. However it is really smooth, nicely crafted, with good thickness and weight and great looking at And thanks for the good and quick feedback Ted & Peter. //Jimi

Hi guys, I have two swords from this bladesmith Omote/Mutsu no kami fujiwara Nobusada - Ura/Echizen ju (Shimosaka) (1673-1681) and just want to know if anybody else are familiar with this smith, have some of his works or some additional info on the guy. He's not a very high ranked smith, but the two swords that I have now I have got one of them 17 years before the other, so would be fun to see what else exist. Tokka.biz have sold one of his katanas I remember... Hope for little feedback on this thread

Hi guys, Bought this tsuba to complete a simpler Koshirae of mine, like the style of it and looks really good mounted, but I cannot figure out the maker of it and hope for a little help from you guys?

Hello, Really nice with some feedback. It raises some questions to me: Mark G: Thanks for your input. Could you explain to me, why you think the sword could be "suriaged"? You are right about the pictures, they could be less - sorry. But there are actually closeup of nakago, kissaki and hada amongst them. I took the pictures myself. The best I can do, Im no expert photographing Japanese swords. Ted Teonold: Thanks as well for taking your time. Your oppinion on Saiba is interesting too. -I have noticed this myself, but had my thoughts on that when nakago has been cut down, all the "mountings" (handle, habaki and everythings) moves, and must in some way give another look on nakago/yakiba/sabigawa, than a sword that nakago never was cut down? -sorry my english, hope you will understand what I mean. The other question that comes to me is that if you retemper a sword, is must have a cost for tempering, polishing aso. Why would someone spend that money? And if retempered, when do you think this eventually was done. Im just curious. Sébastien: Thanks to you too. Yes, had my thoughts on utsuri. Grabbed some of my books and there are some examples of it. But Saiba or sue-bizen is a good question then? I sure would like some comments on this as well? Of course it is difficult to judge from pictures. I have seen some swords over the years myself, and nakago looks okay to me with the rust, when having it in my hands and think pictures might easily cheat a bit. BUT - I sure could be wrong as well - I have not been a collector for decades either and I greatly appreciate your oppinions. It gives some thoughts Jimi

The last pictures of it... The watermark is from the rezizer program... Thanks

Yes... yet some more pics...

Some more pics on blade...

Gentlemens, I hope for a little help with this sword. To me it seems a Koto Bizen blade. But I have no idea of what school it could be and can only guess on a more exact date of the blade, value, a.s.o.... Its obvious that the nakago has been cut down and remounted. Polish is newer and in new Shirasaya. Some info: Hada seems mokume, with some itame Hamon and boshi are active... some kind of gunome-midare in nioi, with hada visible in hamon. Nagasa: 24" Motohaba 1 and 1/16" Sakihaba 3/4" Motogasane 1/4" Sakigasane 3/16" Kissaki: 1 and 1/4" I really appreciate your oppinions and help on this blade. Thanks, regards Jimi