Just some eye candy

[Brian]

This was posted on FB by someone in another discussion, and I grabbed this pic purely to post it for us to look at and enjoy.
No discussion even needed. It is just some very pleasant eye candy. I know the "old iron" guys don't see them the same way, but I'm sure they appreciate the art and technique in doing this.
Just...enjoy.

[16k]

Nice! This must fetch a fortune!

[Pete Klein]

 

'Shhh - My Lord -- He is no Un-no Sho-min'....

[Alan Morton]

Brian , how about the faboulas restoration Roman Urban has done on that brass tiger tsuba, how about putting that up?

 Cheers Alan

[Stephen]

Would like to see that.

[16k]

#MeToo! I mean, so do I!

[Bazza]

WOW!!  That's no Meiji crapper.  Reminds me of the ghosts in Kobayashi's KWAIDAN...

 

BaZZa.

[ChrisW]

Amazing layering techniques used! To have that kind of skill would be a dream.

[Brian]

Brian , how about the faboulas restoration Roman Urban has done on that brass tiger tsuba, how about putting that up?

 Cheers Alan

Alan, I saw that (this pics comes from that post) but since that is his work, I didn't feel right posting it without his permission.

And since he's a member here (under TosoguCz) if he wants it here, he's more than welcome to post it. He did an amazing job with it, and I am sure everyone would love to see the process.

[Fuuten]

A cyclops? How unique.

[Stephen]

Its on the net

Some of his other restoration as well.

You may remember one or two posted here that were overcleaned. Nice to see them saved.

 

http://tosogu.cz/?cat=36

[terminus]

I've seen that one before, but I'm always impressed...Unno Shomin was incredibly talented. Does that tsuba sit in the MET or MFA atm?

[Greg F]

Wow amazing work!

Thanks for showing us Brian and Stepen.

 

Greg

[Blazeaglory]

This was posted on FB by someone in another discussion, and I grabbed this pic purely to post it for us to look at and enjoy.

No discussion even needed. It is just some very pleasant eye candy. I know the "old iron" guys don't see them the same way, but I'm sure they appreciate the art and technique in doing this.

Just...enjoy.

Holy crap that's amazing!

 

What's the back story? Age?

[Stephen]

I'd love to see this restored.

Foolishly thought id have a chance as it was under 200 all week.

 

https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/v691055447?

[Vermithrax16]

I'd love to see this restored.

Foolishly thought id have a chance as it was under 200 all week.

 

https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/v691055447?

Signature hard to get a grip on, but wow someone did a job on that tsuba. Not sure what can be done restoration wise. Maybe Ford will be able to chime in if he is doing better.

[Stephen]

Bullfrog

Did you see what Roman did in link provided?

Maybe Ford san is still out of commission.

[Stephen]

This was the before

After

[Stephen]

The buyee tsuba sold for 2K... heavy sigh

[vajo]

This was the before

tigers1.jpg

After

tigers2.jpg

 

A lot of different materials. Look at the red tongue of the tiger.

 

 

Roman does a fantastic job in restoring that tsuba.