Bruce Pennington Posted November 4, 2022 Author Report Posted November 4, 2022 A butterfly. Posted by Helmetbuyers at this Wehrmacht-Awards thread. 3 Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted November 4, 2022 Report Posted November 4, 2022 縦アゲハ蝶 Taté agéhachō standing swallowtail Mon, used by the Ikeda family for example. 1 Quote
jocayol Posted November 5, 2022 Report Posted November 5, 2022 I present to you a Habaki in perforated and engraved copper for wakizashi. 1 1 1 Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted November 5, 2022 Author Report Posted November 5, 2022 Excellent! Thank you henri-joël. Very creative! Quote
paul tsubadotinfo Posted November 9, 2022 Report Posted November 9, 2022 Here some pictures of a real one for study. Her 7 5 5 Quote
Bryce Posted November 23, 2022 Report Posted November 23, 2022 G'day Guys, Bamboo fence motif in solid silver gilt. Cheers, Bryce 6 4 Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted November 23, 2022 Author Report Posted November 23, 2022 Love it, thanks Bryce! Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted November 29, 2022 Author Report Posted November 29, 2022 A Clouds with Rain design I haven't seen before. Posted on a sale page by @Itomagoi HERE. 2 Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted December 7, 2022 Author Report Posted December 7, 2022 Not in the best of shape, but a nice mon on this habaki posted by @mdiddy HERE: 1 Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted December 19, 2022 Author Report Posted December 19, 2022 Maybe a variation of the stone wall theme? What do you think? Posted by @kealpe HERE. 2 Quote
Toryu2020 Posted January 27, 2023 Report Posted January 27, 2023 Not my taste but here you go... 2 2 1 Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted January 28, 2023 Author Report Posted January 28, 2023 Pretty amazing stuff! 1 Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted February 17, 2023 Author Report Posted February 17, 2023 13 hours ago, Toryu2020 said: similar... I'd say identical! 2 Quote
PNSSHOGUN Posted March 9, 2023 Report Posted March 9, 2023 Nice design, a little more rustic than some of the others shown: https://www.aoijapan.com/tantokanesadanbthk-hozon-tokenconsignment-sale/ 1 Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted March 9, 2023 Author Report Posted March 9, 2023 I wonder if there is a purpose, or significance, to the finger-like projections of the waves? Quote
kissakai Posted March 9, 2023 Report Posted March 9, 2023 Like the 'big wave' they look like hands to drag me down. Similar? Quote
Bencld Posted March 9, 2023 Report Posted March 9, 2023 Four of mine. castle wall - tadahiro wak Solid silver rain - norinaga katana gold “coloured” two piece rain - akihiro tanto gold wash rain - kai gunto sukesada 4 Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted March 10, 2023 Author Report Posted March 10, 2023 Don't know if this one has been posted (just don't have time to re-scan all the previous pages). From @Bryce HERE. 1 Quote
Bryce Posted March 11, 2023 Report Posted March 11, 2023 G'day Bruce, Here is another one from a 1940 dated Gassan Sadakatsu tanto. They all follow the same theme, but each one is slightly different. Cheers, Bryce 2 Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted March 11, 2023 Author Report Posted March 11, 2023 Love the pattern. Looks like stacked rows of straw or sticks. Quote
k morita Posted March 11, 2023 Report Posted March 11, 2023 On 11/9/2022 at 11:14 AM, paul tsubadotinfo said: Here some pictures of a real one for study. Her very nice carving by Kano Natsuo. 2 3 1 Quote
Brian Posted March 11, 2023 Report Posted March 11, 2023 The ultimate habaki. Natsuo..wow! I imagine solid gold. 1 1 Quote
DoTanuki yokai Posted March 12, 2023 Report Posted March 12, 2023 Just saw this one at Aoi, maybe someone has fun translating it ? Its on the Juyo Komihara. 2 1 2 Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted March 13, 2023 Author Report Posted March 13, 2023 Another mon. Found by @Kiipu at THIS SITE. 3 Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted April 22, 2023 Author Report Posted April 22, 2023 Nice one posted by @Walter55 HERE. 2 Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted April 23, 2023 Report Posted April 23, 2023 Had a chance today to see and handle (white soft gloves) the solid gold Natsuo habaki above. Stunning. 3 2 Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted June 1, 2023 Author Report Posted June 1, 2023 Not something you see everyday. The Imperial family mon of Army General King Asakamiya, on a 1939 Yasumitsu, Yasukuni shrine, blade. Found in This Collection. Sorry, you have to scroll WAY down. No way to mark the actual location. Quote
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