tsuba

[tsubaguy]

first post! Does anyone know where I can get replicas of these tsubas? I've scowered yahoo but cannot find any, I'am trying to start a collection of odd tsubas on a shoestring budget. Would really appreciate it!

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-Japanese-Samurai-Sword-Silver-Plating-Snake-Tsuba_W0QQitemZ120038815055QQihZ002QQcategoryZ73465QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Wonderful-Japanese-Katana-Sword-Face-Tsuba_W0QQitemZ180035862995QQihZ008QQcategoryZ475QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/SAMURAI-Tsuba-sword-guard-of-Katana-Japanese_W0QQitemZ280034999529QQihZ018QQcategoryZ73466QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Superb-Japanese-Traditional-Katana-Sword-Tsuba_W0QQitemZ150043929030QQihZ005QQcategoryZ66841QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Brian]

Hi,

Welcome to the forum.

Please sign your posts with a name and initial as per the rules.

Did you try http://www.Japanese-swords.com ? Best selection of repro tsuba I have seen so far.

However I am not quite sure about your question though. These you are refering to in your post are already repros from China..so you can't have repros of repros :D

The won't go very high, since they make their money from the shipping..so if you are looking for bizarre tsuba like these..why not buy these off eBay? You won't get a fake for much less than that.

Btw - Just about every tsuba out of China is a fake.

 

Brian

[tsubaguy]

Thank you,

The ebay tsubas are still to expensive with shipping I was looking

for ones that I could buy for less than $20.00

 

Michael

[Rich T]

why buy repos at all? I know you say you are on a shoe string budget, but lets say you bought those 4 tsuba as Brian suggested. These are from 4 different sellers, the shipping for all 4 add up to over US$180, less the cost of the tsuba. You could buy 1 real tsuba for that. Albeit a lower end one, but still.

 

I don't understand why you would not collect real tsuba, I just don't understand collecting repos. Sorry.

 

Cheers

 

Rich

[tsubaguy]

The tsubas are strictly for display, i just like the odd and unique style of those

and was wondering if anybody knew a website other than ebay i can locate these?

 

Michael

[Brian]

Michael,

 

I think eBay is your only option for repro tsuba like these. I don't think there is a retailer anywhere for them, and if there was, they would be a lot more.

I think even repro tsuba go for $50-100 on average. You won't easily find anything in the $25 range. These are priced around $40 plus $10 postage...but they list them very low with high shipping to get around the ebay final value fees...the same as some of the fake swords.

 

Regards,

Brian

[Pete Klein]

If I may I would like to offer a dissenting viewpoint on this topic. Please take a moment and read through the Ebay sellers description. It is full of lies. These are not old and they have no value above that of something sold on a street corner to tourists. To buy from sellers such as these supports their lies and their efforts to deceive and encourages them to perpetrate more of the same. Buy what you will, but I believe this level of fakery is the root many problems we face in this field of endeavor. And to go a bit further, it supports an economy built on forgery, whether it be tsuba or Gucci knockoffs, which undermines other's legitimate efforts.

Just my opinion.

[Ted Tenold]

I agree with Pete on this. Do not reward bad behavior. Buying from fraudulent sellers both encourages them and empowers them. If they're dishonest enought to lie in a description of an auction, who's to say they'll actually ship it to you after you pay for it??? Your shoestring may fray and break.

[tsubaguy]

So does that mean somebody out there knows where iI can buy them reputiably?

 

Michael.

[David Flynn]

Fred lohman and co. however, your looking at $100 each.

[Bungo]

for the dude that wants falsies................

 

ole Po to the rerscue............

 

http://tinyurl.com/lh2qt

 

cheap, modelled after a famous design, even have the copper thingie at the nakago ana !!

 

looking good............. is it real or is it memorex ?

 

Milt THE ronin