Stephen Posted March 31, 2021 Report Posted March 31, 2021 Jakushi dragon v Godzilla!! Don't miss this action packed tsuba. 3 2 Quote
vajo Posted March 31, 2021 Report Posted March 31, 2021 Haha, ok where is Godzilla! This one? 5 1 Quote
Stephen Posted March 31, 2021 Author Report Posted March 31, 2021 You got to be kidding me....you are the top photo shop person!!! 1 Quote
vajo Posted March 31, 2021 Report Posted March 31, 2021 Btw cool Tsuba Stephen i like it very much! I could not resist by the Godzilla call. 1 Quote
Professor Zhirinovsky Posted March 31, 2021 Report Posted March 31, 2021 1 hour ago, vajo said: This one? I want this to be real. 2 Quote
Stephen Posted March 31, 2021 Author Report Posted March 31, 2021 Chris please let me post on FB please great April fools post!!! Quote
Professor Zhirinovsky Posted March 31, 2021 Report Posted March 31, 2021 Kanji poem on the other side would translate to "History shows again and again how nature points up the folly of man." 1 1 Quote
Spartancrest Posted March 31, 2021 Report Posted March 31, 2021 For those who don't have photo shop https://www.jauce.com/auction/g495345461 https://www.jauce.com/auction/k540242012 https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/east-perth/antiques/rare-antique-tsuba-katana-sword-handguard-jakushi-dragon/1270358030 https://www.toukenkomachi.com/index_en_kogatana&tousougu&youhin.html https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/8038-jp-samurai-sword-wave-dragon-wakizashi http://www.nihonto.us/JAKUSHI DM117.htm https://imginn.com/p/CAUsn2CDYz9/ https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/3146-jakushi-tsuba/ http://www.shibuiswords.com/EDLjakushi.html The poem on these would read "When you are on a good thing - - stick with it!" Quote
MauroP Posted April 1, 2021 Report Posted April 1, 2021 Dale, you're the top tsuba market supervisor! 1 1 Quote
Spartancrest Posted April 1, 2021 Report Posted April 1, 2021 Mauro I rather like finding utsushi, I have a good data base of a number of patterns. I like the way a single design can be reinterpreted in slightly different ways and still retain the essence of the original. . . . the difficulty is working out which was the original, not sure if that is even possible. 2 Quote
MauroP Posted April 1, 2021 Report Posted April 1, 2021 Dale, your contribution is really valuable for the nihonto & tosogu collector community. I appreciate your effort very much. 1 1 Quote
Stephen Posted April 1, 2021 Author Report Posted April 1, 2021 (edited) And we turn it over to Dale! Thanks for letting it be known what I paid for Edited April 1, 2021 by Stephen Quote
Spartancrest Posted April 2, 2021 Report Posted April 2, 2021 Stephen from the others out there you got a real bargain, and they are all different, from what I see the design of yours is one of the more interesting. Throwing Stephen King under the bus here but he has a similar tsuba - it is the one listed under Gumtree https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/east-perth/antiques/rare-antique-tsuba-katana-sword-handguard-jakushi-dragon/1270358030 His piece is 63 mm x 60 mm, maybe two Stephens have between them a daisho? 1 Quote
Steves87 Posted April 2, 2021 Report Posted April 2, 2021 Stephen, your example is one of the better conditioned Jakushi Dragons around, so congratulations! Don't mind my example in the link, as a bit of a joke I upped the price considerably when I saw Dale had linked it (all my stuff is overpriced for a reason which I won't post about right now). I have been looking for a second as good as your example to form a daisho, but actually, thinking more about it, the guard I have is too small, more of a Tanto size so I'd have to get a full Kat and Wak size still. My problem half the time is having the excess funds at the right time!! Again, nice pick-up 2 Quote
Spartancrest Posted April 2, 2021 Report Posted April 2, 2021 Dare I say I found another one- https://imginn.com/p/CAUsn2CDYz9/ Quote
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