e-bay seller ensai-so-ken

[cuttingedge59]

Hi all,

This e-bay seller has a number of tsuba for sale , some signed some not. These listings are some what confusing as looking at some of these items they would seem possibly to be real or just maybe good fakes. What has sent the alarm bells of are two seperate listing that to my eye are the same item ,one with reasonable laquer finish and the other in poor condition. Members thoughts would be appreciated as there is one i like. I have very little experience with fittings so very much a learning process.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/D960-ytkg-Japan ... 1c31e1d203

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/D962-yjkg-Japan ... 19db1f96dd

 

Many thanks

Chris

[John A Stuart]

Various lower level fittings. Genuine. John

[Grey Doffin]

I suspect both of those tsuba are fakes. The work is far too crude to have been done by even a lower level Japanese craftsman. Phoney baloney shakudo (black paint) is another red flag. Made yesterday in China.

Grey

[John A Stuart]

I went to the all items URL and looked at a bunch of things. I looked around and I still think real stuff. John

http://www.ebay.com/sch/ensai-so-ken/m. ... 7675.l2562

[Ian]

This casting came up last week

[b.hennick]

Not to my taste but I do not see the obviious signs of casting. Can you lead me to the signs?

[Ian]

May help

[b.hennick]

Thanks I do see a line on the mimi of the tsuba.

[cuttingedge59]

Thanks All for the replys,

Seems to be better left alone for now , will contuinue looking and learning .

Chris

[John A Stuart]

Those tsuba you linked to are very poor examples. The jizai okimono looks new, not really up on them, however I have bid on a tsuba from this seller that I am confident is real and desirable. We'll see. that tsuba pictured by Nihonto-uk is cast though and worrisome, but, look at some of the others. e-Bay eh? you take your chances. John

[Geraint]

While the first two are pretty low level Nagoya mono, and the second has some questions to be answered about the "paint", neither is really a serious tsuba for the collector. Equally the Jizai mono needs some looking at but as these are by nature tourist pieces what are we expecting? On the other hand everything else looks perfectly genuine, setting aside any judgment about the relative asethetic merits.

 

Look forward to seeing what you come up with John.

[John A Stuart]

Didn't win the tsuba I wanted. It went beyond a comfortable level. John

[Gunome]

Didn't win the tsuba I wanted. It went beyond a comfortable level. John

 

mokume one ?