Tsuba types

[kissakai]

At the fear of pushing my request for help I am after the styles of these tsuba, or any info will help

You don't have to kind with your comments

These are from my collection, one bought from EBay and one from the NMB

 

1) Size = 76 x 72 x 4mm

 

 

 

2 Size = 74 x 61 x 6mm

I liked the carving on this one (the whole mimi is carved) although it's a same that porosity is evident

 

 

 

 

Grev UK

[Marius]

  kissakai said:

You don't have to be kind with your comments

 

You can always count on me in this respect

 

Neither of these two tsuba has a particular style. They seem to belong to a large group of late Edo/Meiji run-of-the-mill guards. Any attempt at attributing them is pretty pointless.

 

Enjoy them for what they are. Or, better still, sell them and spend the money on something much better. Let us say... books with pictures of good tsuba?

[christianmalterre]

Hard words mine friend

 

me but fully do agree of course....

I think,it´s definitely better so to study first,and(maybe?)buy latter?

 

Not good-very far indeed!

(Sorry!)

 

(realising your´s personal taste but Grev...)

please do considder in buying you first...(for example?)

 

http://www.japaneseswordbooksandtsuba.c ... ity-museum

and:

http://www.japaneseswordbooksandtsuba.c ... and-swords

and:

http://www.japaneseswordbooksandtsuba.c ... -matsumoto

 

there are plenty more publications of course....

 

maybe of help?

(keep in mind you do (always!!!!) safe money if further investigation is done into "Knowledge" first...)

 

Christian

[kissakai]

I have no problems with your comments

I didn't think the first tsuba was too bad

Thanks for the links and I have only just ordered 6 books from Grey

 

 

Grev

UK

[Marius]

Grev,

 

actually, the first tsuba is the "worst offender" here

[kissakai]

Back to the books!!!

[Marius]

You should have seen my first tsuba purchases

 

But yes, books first :-)

[raven2]

This was my first one: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5492. (I was lucky to have a good friend to help me) :D

[kissakai]

Re:

Grev,

actually, the first tsuba is the "worst offender" here

 

Best regards

Mariusz K

 

I would like to start a new thread that just deals with the first tsuba

As I newbie I can state what I liked about this tsuba and members can then offer there comments

This can then be an example on the easier 'traps' to avoid

It would hopefully be along the lines of the tsuba base metal thread I started earlier which threw up some great comments

 

 

Grev