If you don't have the rest, why not

[YOJIMBO]

[Spartancrest]

I just bought some 70s bling myself - not as nice as those!  A silly nasu tsuba tie bar.  - and I don't wear ties!

[Franco]

Sometime in the early 1990's I went to a local antiques show at a nearby college. An antiques dealer there was selling a number of these converted tosogu items. He told me that they came from a NYC jewelry outfit that was actively buying up these orphan fittings and converting them to jewelry. To date I have not seen any pieces of great significance altered. But, much like the problem with amateur nihonto polishers, sooner or later a significant piece will be ruined. One of the best Jochiku Murakami pieces I'm aware of is an orphan fuchi. Now just imagine if by some odd ball chance one day you came across the matching kashira hanging on a necklace or bracelet or placed on a ring. That's why not.

[1kinko]

Gumps in San Francisco sold rings made with kashiras. They looked very uncomfortable to wear though some looked like good workmanship. They were vastly overpriced but I can’t remember how much.

[Spartancrest]

For altered [destroyed?] pieces some of these are asking pretty high prices!

 

https://www.rubylane.com/item/413041-KCHAx20638/Japanese-Oval-Panel-Shakudo-Bracelet

https://gem.app/product/shakudo-necklace-Japanese-shakudo-pendant

https://www.abrandtandson.com/products/1-victorian-large-silver-mixed-metals-shakudo-dragon-ring

 

Almost enough of these to make a complete sub-set of collectables 

[MHC]

That's just wrong on so many levels...

 

Mark