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Hi

A tsuba of no distinction but I wondered if the mei was real or just a poor attempt

Image has been enhanced to try to highlight the mei and this was my best attempt

No need to be kind although I know most of you shoot from the hip

 

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Grev UK

Posted

Hi Grev

 

have a look at those lines inside the walls of the various opening in the plate.

They're actually very clear signs this piece is a cast copy and those lines are reproduced from the rubber mould that produced the wax model.

 

sorry,

 

fh

Posted
  Ford Hallam said:
....have a look at those lines inside the walls of the various opening in the plate.

They're actually very clear signs this piece is a cast copy and those lines are reproduced from the rubber mould that produced the wax model......

That is what I also thought, but after a second look there could be some white wax (shoeshine?) in the openings. Grev, you can tell what that substance is, and I hope for you that Ford is wrong!

Posted

Christian,

Then how do you reconcile that with the obvious flashings that Ford has pointed out? I mean..just one or 2 would maybe be caused by wax deposits, but the closer you look, the clearer they appear on just about every opening. Hard to see them as anything else.

 

Brian

Posted

Hi

Thanks for the replies which were a lot better than I expected

It only arrived a day before my post so I didn't notice the substance in the sukashi but it smells like bees wax

Once I knew the mei I found another excellent post on this website that had an image of the mei and some further info

 

 

Grev UK

Posted

Those lines are an interesting , as a bronze caster those lines (parting lines) are one of the things any caster is aware of !

 

It is ALWAYS easier to clean them up in the wax . If they are not cleaned up it must have been intentional ...for whatever reason . Even a fake caster would know to clean them up.

Gary

Posted

I cleaned out the cut-outs to better show the inside faces

From looking at the mei in another post I see this as an authentic tsuba

Why copy a tsuba of little interest with so little detail and the correct mei is so vague it can not be easy to copy

 

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Grev UK

Posted

Hi Grev UK,

 

The inside surfaces look very strange not sure if it is cast or just the openwork is very damaged by rust. This would be a big red flag not to buy it if I was thinking about purchasing it. Seek advice before you buy.

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