Silver Fittings - Show Them Off!

[Frank B]

Pete, my vote would be silver with inlays of shakudo and gold gilding. 

[Kurikata]

I would call it silver too.

[Curran]

Hi Bruno-

 

Lovely kozuka. 

 

Is it signed?

The style is interesting perspective, and I have no idea which school made it.

[TETSUGENDO]

Bruno,

 

Very lovely indeed!  BTW, in case you are unaware, your piece was part of the W.L.Behrens collection and is illustrated in the catalogue- Part III/Plate IX/No.843.  Unfortunately, no useful information....but very nice provenance!

 

Cheers,  StevenK

[Kurikata]

Dear Curran and Steven,

 

Thank you for your interest in my kozuka.

 

@Curran: It is a mumei kozuka (please see my other pictures) and I have no idea at all about a school

@Steven: Another proof that this board is really fantastic. Thank you for bringing history to this kozuka as I didn't know its back-round. By anat chance would you have te possibility to scan the page of the catalogue where this kozuka is listed?

 

Thank you again

 

Bruno

[TETSUGENDO]

Bruno, hope this is helpful.

 

 

 

 

-StevenK

[Vermithrax16]

Let's revive this thread.

 

Some cool stuff coming.

[Blazeaglory]

Ive always been a fan of this Koshirae.

 

Here is one of my silver Fuchi as well. I have others but cant seem to find the pics. They're in a separate thread floating around here somewhere tho

[Kurikata]

and to continue with a kozuka.....

[TETSUGENDO]

Dwain,

 

If you'll look closely at the "silver" tanto you posted..... you'll discover that it is actually 'silvered'.  It is not made of a solid silver alloy.

 

Cheers,

    -S-

p.s.-lovely kozuka Bruno, always had a soft spot for snowflakes.

[Bob M.]

 

Quick scan of picture of carp f/k .

 

Descrlbed as pair of silver fuchi-kashira with carp swimming among waterweeds in takabori and gold takazogan , the eyes in gold and shakudo against a nanako ground.

 

Hope this is of interest.

 

Please have a go and guess the school  - will reply in 48 hrs , hopefully with better pics.

 

Regards

 

 

[Blazeaglory]

Dwain,

 

If you'll look closely at the "silver" tanto you posted..... you'll discover that it is actually 'silvered'. It is not made of a solid silver alloy.

 

Cheers,

-S-

p.s.-lovely kozuka Bruno, always had a soft spot for snowflakes.

Interesting. Thanks for the heads up????

[Blazeaglory]

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Quick scan of picture of carp f/k .

 

Descrlbed as pair of silver fuchi-kashira with carp swimming among waterweeds in takabori and gold takazogan , the eyes in gold and shakudo against a nanako ground.

 

Hope this is of interest.

 

Please have a go and guess the school - will reply in 48 hrs , hopefully with better pics.

 

Regards

Wow! From a glance they look like the average koi but when enlarged (after clicking pic), they look super detailed! Very nice work!

 

Im going to go with the "go to" school Go-to but maybe something rare like ichijo or utsuki?

[Bob M.]

As promised , slightly better images of - Sekibun - f/k...

 

Regards , Bob

[vajo]

Superp Bob. 

[Vermithrax16]

Let's revive this thread.

 

Some cool stuff coming.

Self quoting....... I know....

 

But some cool stuff arriving next few days so wanted to revive the thread.

 

I was going to a singular post on this tsuba, I bought it last January, and it's been a long interesting trip. But too many details and too much typing. Era is late. 1920's.

 

Glad it's here finally. 

 

Mitsuharu silver tsuba. See Haynes H 05156.0. Pen name Seiunsai which is on the right side of seppa dai. 

[Greg F]

Bob and Jeremiah you both have beautiful items, thanks for showing them.

 

Greg

[TETSUGENDO]

That's a real attention getter Jeremiah, a big chunk of finely worked silver certainly makes a statement!  Just imagine being caught in those turbulent seas.

 

Best of luck with it,

             -S-

[Tanto54]

Dear Jeremiah,

 

I see several signs of modern vulcanized molding and investment casting in your silver wave tsuba, suggesting that it is a copy made in the last few decades.  Specifically I believe I see tiny casting bubbles (not referring to the sea spray), mold defects, porosity and residual cleanup signs (and the front and back of the tsuba are identical copies - including the defects...).  Perhaps Ford can confirm this (I hope that I'm wrong, but I'm fairly sure that it's a recent cast copy, but in any event, it is cast). 

[DRDave]

Let's revive this thread.

 

Some cool stuff coming.

 

When I saw your post I thought, I'll bet it's a wave tsuba 

 

Not mine, but nice silver fittings.

[Vermithrax16]

Silver rabbits......yes, I have a rabbit addiction:

 

[TETSUGENDO]

And it's a fine one to have, just look at that face!

 

-S-

[Zaksteve]

Mt Fuji Habaki

 

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My Fuji Habaki

 

[Ford Hallam]

I'm afraid I must agree with George (Tanto54) in that I too suspect that wave tsuba as being a cast copy.

 

I mentioned similar concerns on Facebook and here I can see the edge is rather suspiciously smooth (to hide the evidence of a moulded wax copy, the inevitable seam from the rubber mould) but also at 10 O Clock on the front edge I can clearly see traces of that seam that still remain. There's a fair bit of deatil loos on the carved surface too, as well as a few tiny knobs and bubbles. All of which shout 'casting' to me. Sorry.

[Vermithrax16]

Thanks Ford. Saw your comments here and on FB. The piece is under study.

[parfaitelumiere]

[LeonKr]

Few pictures of my silver mount Wakizashi