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sadly my old tsuka is a shodow of what i first looked like.

it had a Gassen signed blade that went to Japan for a polish, but didnt get papered as the opinion was it was a students work.  but i know who the currant owner is it might resurface soon

 

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Yes, forgot to check what it had jumped up to before ending, the last one of these brought over $12,000USD, I imagine this went higher than that. Pretty crazy for just a Koshirae....

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'94 pattern Shin Gunto with pinned Kanuto Gane and Mon on fuchi

 

 

High ranking early Kajiyama Yasunori ex collection Dr. H.F Jung Germany

 

Ex head of Bayer Leverkusen in Tokyo and a good friend.............

 

 

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I always thought that the reason for the pins was to keep the Kabuto gane on when it would otherwise fall off . You see them ( rarely) when the ito doesn't go over or through the kabuto gane and where the barrel that the sarute goes into is not part of the kabuto gane .The use of pins then stops the Kaboto gane falling off . I can only recall seeing four pins on each side in these and not six on each side like on this one . Given that both the ito and a barrel through the kabuto gane would hold this kabuto gane on  these pins are not necessary and I wonder if they are later additions . 

Ian Brooks

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It is definitely an anomaly for one to have 6 pins and an integral sarute barrel, just about every example in this thread has had the separate sarute barrel. Would like to see more photos of the whole sword to be sure.

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