Carved Bone And Carved Ivory Mountings..any Fine Blades?

[barnejp]

Hi Everyone,

 

Has anyone come across or heard of any famous or well known blades tucked into a carved bone/ carved ivory sword mount?

 

Cheers,

Greg

[Geraint]

Hi Greg.

 

Some years ago heard of a collector who identified and bought a Tadatsuna in carved bone mounts.  Best I have heard of so far.  Most of the ones I have seen in hand have pitifully thin and narrow blades which immediately identify them as of little interest.

 

All the best.

[Stephen]

If its Nihonto its most likly been done, why the cheap tourist ones were made to copy the org.

[Brian]

You would not expect a poor quality blade in fittings like these. Possible? Of course. But high level ivory mounts sometimes housed high level swords.

 

[raaay]

 

Hi do search on the board and you will see some previous ivory mounts and blade discussed just a month or two ago.

[IanB]

A former member of our local ToKen has (had) an ivory mounted tachi of superb quality. The carving of the scabbard, which was not done in sections but using the full length of the tusk, really was exceptional.  The only thing that let it down was that the unsigned blade had 6 hagire to make it fit the curve of the scabbard.    

Ian Bottomley