Help with Tsuba

[deadreconing11]

Came across these at a thrift store of all places while looking for something completely unrelated to Nihonto. I’m not entirely knowledgeable on tsuba, can anyone tell me about them? They look to be real, but I can’t put my finger on it for certain. 

[Infinite_Wisdumb]

All of them cast fakes . Good for paperweights and to throw at your enemies though!

[Spartancrest]

1 hour ago, Infinite_Wisdumb said:

cast fakes

I have the same opinion -  cast. They may have come from a display board.

The first two have cast seams in the cut out areas. The other two are worse IMO.  The Crane or 'Tsuru' one I believe was made as a paperweight and had a cord tied through the "udenuki-ana" [now missing] the slot was used so the cord could lay flush with the tsuba. The pattern is usually associated with the Higo school - such as this one  https://www.tosoguya.com/higo_crane_tsuba.html   similar pattern in "Bronze" ? 

https://www.jauce.com/auction/g1055933740 [likely an utsushi from another school]

 

 

 

[deadreconing11]

Thank you guys for the insight! I put off on buying until I was sure, and decided to ask first. But it would’ve been a cheap paperweight nonetheless! They were asking $25 for all 4  

 

I really appreciated the in depth analysis from Spartancrest, and ended up walking away with some valuable knowledge! 
 

Tsuba is just a whole sub genre that is way over my head at the moment, and I still have plenty to learn haha 
 

Ended up getting some other cool things (unrelated to Nihonto) while I was there, so the trip was not wasted! 
 

 

[Infinite_Wisdumb]

nice job Jaykob!