A very happy super sale customer

[Henry Wilson]

Just to let all you experts know that I have just received a very nice tsuba from Fred Weissberg

 

http://www.nihonto.com/11.33.04sale.html

 

and I am very very pleased with it. If any of you know anything and I know that all of us (including me) know very much indeed then I would give his stuff a good look over and consider picking up a nice bargain.

 

He is a very nice guy too and very easy to deal with and from my experience his description of his items are spot on.

 

Just my two cents worth.

[Ichi]

Hey Tsuba Guy,

 

I think you picked up a very nice tsuba at very reasonable price. Looking forward seeing it at the next NMB party. Need a new belt buckle!

Kindest regards,

[Henry Wilson]

Hi Ichi

 

:lol: :lol: :lol: Thanks Ichi and yes, I do need a new belt buckle but I think I will go to Uniqlo!!!!! I have got quite a few over the past while that I will bring along. Check out

 

http://www.nihontokanjipages.com/forum/ ... 1&msgid=75

 

http://www.nihontokanjipages.com/forum/ ... 1&msgid=76

 

http://www.nihontokanjipages.com/forum/ ... 1&msgid=80

 

http://www.nihontokanjipages.com/forum/ ... 1&msgid=85

 

Look forward to seeing you too.

[Bungo]

" Just to let all you experts know that I have just received a very nice tsuba from Fred Weissberg

 

http://www.nihonto.com/11.33.04sale.html

 

and I am very very pleased with it. "

 

 

 

so who got that Kaneiye ?

 

http://www.nihonto.com/11.29.04sale.html

 

 

milt the ronin

[Curran]

Dear Henry,

 

I thought that one was the best deal of the super sale. I pointed a friend at it that asked I recommend a good deal.

 

I then saw it on hold and wondered if he or someone else had gotten to it. It looks like you got it. Congrats. I like it.

[Henry Wilson]

I was fifth in line for the Kaneie so I gave that one up. Very nice but I was a bit concerned about the brownish area to the left on the front side.

 

As for the Jirohachi, well it is a gem. The patina is lovely and as a whole it is very nice and quite elegant as it is very thin. My intial reaction was it is a little small in circumference but I think this is part of it's elegance and I know it is soemthing that is sure to grow on me. Thanks for all the kind words.

[Mike]

Hello Henry, very nice one you took, I was looking at it for quiet some time, and then went for the heianjo, http://www.nihonto.com/11.23.04.html

Mike

[Bungo]

I was fifth in line for the Kaneie so I gave that one up. Very nice but I was a bit concerned about the brownish area to the left on the front side.

 

http://www.esnips.com/doc/f2e3f4d5-9046 ... 3/Kaneiye6

 

it's part of the distant mountain scenery, slightly smoother and " higher " than the rest of the area, hence it reflect the light slightly different from Fred's pic.

 

for more detail pics........klick http://www.esnips.com/web/tsuba?docsPage=1#files

continue on to page 2.

 

And a BIG thank you, Merci, Danke, Arigatto to the dude who tipped us off to Fred's Super sale ( that would be Ted )........all boils down to fast finger contest.

 

milt the ronin

[Rich T]

Fred sells good stuff, you have picked up a nice piece. I hope to see it when I am up in a couple of weeks.

 

Rich

[Bungo]

we see the layering of iron again...........

 

milt the ronin

[Henry Wilson]

Thanks everyone and nice tsuba Mike. The photos of the Kaneiye tsuba supplied by Bungo make it look much better. No brown mist. Hope to see you soon Rich. Any news on a Tokyo based get-together?

[Henry Wilson]

Milt the Bungo said

 

so who got that Kaneiye ? Bad Grin

 

http://www.nihonto.com/11.29.04sale.html

 

So did you get the Kaneiye?

[Pete Klein]

all boils down to fast finger contest.

 

milt the ronin

 

...probably why I've been so lucky with E-bay.

 

Pete the lonely.

[Bungo]

" So did you get the Kaneiye? "

 

the " " said it all..................

 

p.s. Pete, that's the sniping skill...........nothing to do with fast finger .

p.p.s. also why I have a mini collection of mistakes from e-bay too........

 

milt the ronin

[remzy]

Wow! i checked his site earlier and they were pretty much all sold!!

[Henry Wilson]

Some one put me out of my misery and buy:

 

http://www.nihonto.com/11.20.04sale.html

 

I think it has it's charms

[Pete Klein]

Henry -- consider yourself out of misery! LOL

[Henry Wilson]

I persume you bought it. If so congratulations

[Bungo]

most likely all the super sales went to board members.......... :lol:

 

milt the ronin

[Brian]

most likely all the super sales went to board members..........

 

Ah..the power of the forum and getting the word out to many people this fast

I assume the commission cheque is in the mail? :lol:

 

Those who got a good deal because of the original posting...another reason to buy those raffle tickets when they become available

 

Brian

[Ted Tenold]

No commission cheque necessary. :-) I'm glad to see folks get some great tsubas.

 

Enjoy!

[Pete Klein]

Hi Henry -- yes, guilty as charged. I just received it and it's quite nice. There is residual lacquer on the surface which is nice to see as that is original and means it hasn't been messed with. My thinking is Momoyama or possibly late Muromachi due to the size (3") and thickness (3.5mm). As it is fitted with only a kozuka ana moves it to a later date also. Probably used on a smaller katana of that period.

Nifty! :D

[Henry Wilson]

Nice one Pete. Well done.