Hirazogan

[vajo]

[Ford Hallam]

sen-zogan raimon zu

[MauroP]

紗綾形 - sayagata

[Spartancrest]

Edo period circuit board - 

 

[Dan tsuba]

Is that circuit board made from cast iron?  I know, I just couldn't resist!  Ha, ha, ha, ha, etc!!!  (hey all, I am back!).

[Spartancrest]

  Here is a tsuba in need of the skills required in the first post by Chris.   https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/355069937109

 

Wow just imagine cutting all those lines! 

[Dan tsuba]

Two of mine on my daisho.  They are what "caught my eye" first and got me interested in the daisho!

[Grevedk]

I have a similar tsuba - bronze and probably not cast. A guess could be the Higo school and the Azuchi-Momoyama period (not certain and no papers), 0,45 x 7 x 7,6 cm, 128 g that could also need a “little repair” 😎

 

/Soren 

 

[DoTanuki yokai]

One of mine but I was so disgusted by the square shape that I abused this piece for experimenting. 

I did my “Greece style” engraving with a “Hakobori” chisel (don’t know if this is the right name) and would like to ask if this would be also done with a “Hakobori” if I want to inlay wire in it ? 

 

This is wood in the first picture by Vajo, right ? 

[C0D]

http://www.smokingsa...ppi_Untracht2011.pdf
An insight on how inlays are done

[DoTanuki yokai]

Thanks Manuel, this answers even a lot of questions that I would have asked at a later point. 
 

[Curran]

My one example. Had this for near 20 years now.

 

[Geraint]

Lovely tsuba Curran.

 

I'm just waiting for Chris's big reveal.

 

All the best.

[ROKUJURO]

18 hours ago, Grevedk said:

I have a similar tsuba - bronze and probably not cast. A guess could be the Higo school and the Azuchi-Momoyama period ....

Hi Sören,

is your TSUBA not magnetic? If it were bronze (very unusual in TSUBA) the plate would have been cast, but probably not inlaid with brass or gold.

[Grevedk]

6 hours ago, ROKUJURO said:

Hi Sören,

is your TSUBA not magnetic? If it were bronze (very unusual in TSUBA) the plate would have been cast, but probably not inlaid with brass or gold.

Hi Jean @ROKUJURO,

 

You are absolutely right - did the check, and it is magnetic (e.g. iron), and not bronze. Now I wonder why I didn’t check that before 😳 Apparently it has been coated in some kind of varnish which I think accounts for the slightly brownish look. Regarding the inlay I think it probably is brass. Not the prettiest Tsuba I have seen, but fascinating in its own right.

 

😎👍Thank you - I really enjoy tapping in to the combined knowledge of this board.

 

All the best

 

/Soren