Ontario_Archaeology Posted February 10, 2018 Report Posted February 10, 2018 http://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/r229271104/image/0 Just thought it was interesting / second opinions. Matt Quote
Stephen Posted February 10, 2018 Report Posted February 10, 2018 http://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/r229271104 Quote
PNSSHOGUN Posted February 10, 2018 Report Posted February 10, 2018 Brown lacquered sharkskin saya, usually seen on Kai Gunto. Very nice. Quote
vajo Posted February 10, 2018 Report Posted February 10, 2018 Very, very well made koshirae. Who ever buys it congratulation. Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted February 10, 2018 Report Posted February 10, 2018 http://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/r229271104/image/0 Just thought it was interesting / second opinions. Matt Quite beautiful - I've never seen a tsuba painted like that. I wonder if that was done post-war? Also, I thought sharkskin had diamond-like shapes, and eel-skin has the round shapes. But very nice. Quote
Ontario_Archaeology Posted February 10, 2018 Author Report Posted February 10, 2018 The Tsuba got me thinking that this whole piece was "too good to be true" Matt Quote
Stephen Posted February 10, 2018 Report Posted February 10, 2018 Same skin be my guess, looks kosher to me. Quote
vajo Posted February 10, 2018 Report Posted February 10, 2018 No it must be same gawa (Ray Skin) Shark looks different. I saw the same Koshirae on Ohmura Study. Quote
PNSSHOGUN Posted February 11, 2018 Report Posted February 11, 2018 Hmm, I always get the two mixed up for Saya. Would have thought Samegawa is too small for a full wrap like that. Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted February 11, 2018 Report Posted February 11, 2018 The Tsuba got me thinking that this whole piece was "too good to be true" Matt Yes, it would cause caution. But all the parts look legit. I think someone just thought they could "pretty it up" with the paintjob. Quote
Ontario_Archaeology Posted February 11, 2018 Author Report Posted February 11, 2018 Thanks Bruce, I tried to become the proud owner of these mounts, but, unfortunately my curse of being runner up in auctions continues. My patients will pay off one day. Matt 1 Quote
brannow Posted February 12, 2018 Report Posted February 12, 2018 Looks like a nicely restored Gunto Koshirae to me. 1 Quote
Dave R Posted February 12, 2018 Report Posted February 12, 2018 Hmm, I always get the two mixed up for Saya. Would have thought Samegawa is too small for a full wrap like that. It was explained to me by a curator at the Royal Armouries that the Same is boiled until it's no more than collagen and nodes rather than skin. The hard nodes are then painstakingly applied to the saya, lacquered and then cut back to a smooth surface. I have no doubt I have simplified the process and skipped a step or twenty, but you can see why this finish is so rare. I once had a Wakizashi with this finish on the saya, let it go and regretted it since...... I did notice what looked like a seam on the ura of the saya I had, so I think the same is not applied directly, but to a substrate which is then glued to the wood of the saya. 1 Quote
Kai-Gunto Posted February 12, 2018 Report Posted February 12, 2018 On military swords hole skin is used, both ray and shark. The shingunto in the thread has full wrap rayskin saya. Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.