Daisho tsuba

[Matsunoki]

Hello from the UK

These tsuba are from a recently acquired Daisho. They are heavily age patinated.

Please can anyone tell me anything about them? Any particular school/age etc? I’m guessing very late Edo and a brass type alloy?

Many thanks in advance. 
All the best

 Colin

[Kurikata]

Hi Colin

 

these are very common tsuba you can find easily on the web. They have been  mass produced during the meiji area.

 

 

[Matsunoki]

10 minutes ago, Kurikata said:

 

these are very common tsuba you can find easily on the web. They have been  mass produced during the meiji area.

Thanks Bruno. I knew that they were nothing special but they are pre Meiji. They came from a Bakumatsu period daisho where the Samuarai put all his money into the blades and the saya!……out of interest…..

 

[Okan]

Here are some examples Colin.

 

 

[Spartancrest]

The man to see is GRC  Glen Cordner he has been collecting images of these for sometime and must have close to  90 examples so far - each a utsushi but also individually unique.

Also an old thread here:

 

One not to bother with:  https://www.buytsuba.com/Hawk-Japan-Samurai-Sword-Katana-Copper-Fitting-Tsuba-Fuchi-Kashira-Menuki-10.html

[Mark S.]

Just adding mine to the mix.

 

 

[ROKUJURO]

Mark,

your TSUBA seems surprisingly well made!

[Mark S.]

Just saw this one on a blade with koshirae on eBay.  Didn’t give me that warm fuzzy feeling…