Dragon Porn

[Darcy]

I completed about three weeks of 10 hour days begging and pleading with everyone (even NMB) for good related dragon stuff. 

 

Going to post it as it arrives. This is a tsuba attributed to Goto Mitsutaka (Goto Enjo). Made probably around 1750 then, he is the guy who increasingly made tsuba in the Goto family and did most of the major attributions which are now used by the NBTHK in sorting out the earlier generations. Not for sale as it's going into a project. 

 

I am not a big iron guy as is probably known (but I will post something a bit later). This kind of thing is right up my alley though.

 

 

 

EDIT: Trying to fix the high res link, can't see the junk at the end of the text in the editor..

 

http://nihonto.ca/goto-mitsutaka-l.jpg

[Stephen]

too low of iron

[Moley]

Dragon in Clouds

[CSM101]

Another one.

 

 

 

Uwe G.

[Brian]

Darcy, wow. Not much more I can say.

[b.hennick]

Apples and oranges Darcy's delicious apple rest oranges not quite ripe as yet. 

[jlawson]

I will play. Here is one of mine by Takechika and was published in last years KTK catalog. Photos by the excellent Richard George. 

 

 

 

 

[Brian]

I will play. Here is one of mine by Takechika and was published in last years KTK catalog. Photos by the excellent Richard George. 

Definitely worthy  

[Darcy]

I will play. Here is one of mine by Takechika and was published in last years KTK catalog. Photos by the excellent Richard George. 

 

 

That one is amazing.

[jlawson]

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[vajo]

Very nice Tsuba Darcy. I hope i have one to show it in such a great thread.

 

I can only      

[Guido]

Barry's hint seems to have gone unnoticed (with one exception). We're going from *porn* to *I have a wiener, too!*. Again.

[vajo]

Barry's hint seems to have gone unnoticed (with one exception). We're going from *porn* to *I have a wiener, too!*. Again.

 

Sorry for presenting my taste. I delete it now. I hope i didn't disturb anyone with my "nice" Tsuba. 

I hope i can purchase someday a NICE Tsuba to share it with you.   

 

 

Take care all

Regards

Chris

[Brian]

With all due respect guys, Darcy is presenting the highest level of fittings here. If people want to show their dragon fittings, then a new thread would be appropriate.
Otherwise, let's showcase fittings at the same level of what he showed. That means museum quality stuff, not hundreds of $'s, but many thousands. So far, only James' comes close.

Not to say the other fittings here aren't nice. But there is nice, and then there is NICE. Think the difference is pretty obvious.

[Greg F]

Darcy thanks for showing us such a beautiful piece, love to see more pics as ive spent plenty of time staring at this one. Outstanding!!! Cheers.

 

Greg

[christianmalterre]

in my personal  "porn"

i certainly do not need a dragon..

 

a Dragon shall and does represent:  a dream and "spheric" "allknowing" but never to ben reached "wiseness".... he/she got send by the goods and is a messsenger!

 

certainly no primitive (as you say) "PORN"!

 

me 

[raiden]

These have been seen, but are good for this topic. Good examples from the Mito Kinko school. One is Juyo with matching mount.

[Stephen]

Youll have to knock over a museum for this one, for those who havent seen it.

 

 

[toukerb]

Hello Darcy,

 

I'm not sure that this tsuba is up to the correct level, as I am a newbie in this area, but thought I might risk it. It is part of the koshirae of a wakizashi I purchased recently. Nice nanako (also around the edge of the tsuba) and high relief gold zogan. Any thoughts you might have as to school/age/etc would be appreciated. :=)

 

Marc

[Ed]

Marc, Even a newbie should be able to see your tsuba is nowhere close, not even in the same country as the one Darcy posted. 

[peterd]

Brian did say museum quality stuff. maybe he has been to birmingham museum uk.

[Gordon Sanders]

I think this one should meet the req。