IslandBoy Posted January 28, 2024 Report Posted January 28, 2024 Just sharing some photos of mine 1 1 Quote
Spartancrest Posted January 28, 2024 Report Posted January 28, 2024 https://www.aoijapan...r-grass-and-cricket/ https://www.aoijapan...ell-ringing-cricket/ Hi Larry is number two Nagoya-mono / Mino-Goto? I don't think I have seen one with Cormorant fishing before. Number three sanmai tsuba, a bit dark to make out the features [Chrysanthemum over waves?] 1 2 Quote
ROKUJURO Posted January 28, 2024 Report Posted January 28, 2024 Larry, I hope your TSUBA (no plural "s" added) were not expensive,,,,, No. 1 looks solid, but has suffered from a loss of patina on the back side. That is not good. No. 2 seems to be a NAGOYA MONO TSUBA. Many of them are a bit crudely made and were sold to wealthy tourists who visited Japan at the end of the 19th century No. 3 has the same design on both sides which lets me believe that it may be a SAN-MAI TSUBA. These were made with thin metal sheet material front and back over a plain metal core, mostly copper. There are fine examples but many are mass-made. I hope you are not disappointed and will buy your next TSUBA with more knowledge background. It will be quite helpful to read a lot here on NMB and look a good quality TSUBA images. 1 Quote
IslandBoy Posted January 28, 2024 Author Report Posted January 28, 2024 8 minutes ago, ROKUJURO said: Larry, I hope your TSUBA (no plural "s" added) were not expensive,,,,, No. 1 looks solid, but has suffered from a loss of patina on the back side. That is not good. No. 2 seems to be a NAGOYA MONO TSUBA. Many of them are a bit crudely made and sold to wealthy tourist who visited Japan at the end of the 19th century No. 3 has the same design on both sides which lets me believe that it may be a SAN-MAI TSUBA. These were made with thin metal sheet material front and back over a plain metal core, mostly copper. There are fine examples but many are mass-made. I hope you are not disappointed and will buy your next TSUBA with more knowledge background. It will be quite helpful to read a lot here on NMB and look a good quality TSUBA images. No this is great. This is the kind of information that I'm here for. I didn't purchase any of them independently, but they came on a few swords. I will post the swords they came off of shortly. Two of them were in pretty bad shape. So be forewarned. 1 Quote
IslandBoy Posted January 28, 2024 Author Report Posted January 28, 2024 And the last one with a REALLY bad blade. Quote
IslandBoy Posted January 28, 2024 Author Report Posted January 28, 2024 Spartancrest, that one in the box looks almost the same - but with some less wear. The one with the fishing boat is pretty thick and has a decorative edge. Quote
Stephen Posted January 29, 2024 Report Posted January 29, 2024 1 hour ago, IslandBoy said: Tamba kami Yoshimich good Smith if mei is good. 1 Quote
Stephen Posted January 29, 2024 Report Posted January 29, 2024 58 minutes ago, IslandBoy said: And the last one with a REALLY bad blade. Bad how? Good cleaning might make a difference Quote
IslandBoy Posted January 29, 2024 Author Report Posted January 29, 2024 1 hour ago, Spartancrest said: You will have to forget the "s" on tsuba - some people can get very literal. "Tsuba" is used both for singular and the plural form [like 'sheep'] I can show you dozens of historical documents spelled with the 's' and some with rather strange spelling like "Tsubu" but convention has narrowed our spelling. [Converting one language to another is not always a good fit ] 21 minutes ago, Stephen said: Bad how? Good cleaning might make a difference I think the issue is it's very pitted. Someone neglected the blade for a long time. It doesn't have an Mei on the nakago. Here's some pics. I'm guessing it's beyond hope. Quote
Stephen Posted January 29, 2024 Report Posted January 29, 2024 I see now said the blind man, yep pretty much toast 1 Quote
ChrisW Posted January 29, 2024 Report Posted January 29, 2024 I wouldn't write any of them off just yet. Take them to a show, find a polisher. Get their opinion. Theirs more than anyone in the internet will be your definitive answer. 1 1 Quote
Stephen Posted January 29, 2024 Report Posted January 29, 2024 @ChrisW did you enlarge these maybe not get his hopes up on this sword, the wakizashi yes 1 Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted January 29, 2024 Report Posted January 29, 2024 Nope, toast it is not. Burnt toast maybe... 1 1 1 1 Quote
IslandBoy Posted January 29, 2024 Author Report Posted January 29, 2024 30 minutes ago, Bugyotsuji said: Nope, toast it is not. Burnt toast maybe... I'm not to worried about it. I think I paid $300 for it. I really just wanted to make sure it found a good home. Since the pitting is on the last 9 inches of a 26 in blade, I guess I could get it cut down to a wakizashi, but that's probably not worth the effort. It's probably best kept as a conversation piece. 1 1 Quote
Stephen Posted January 29, 2024 Report Posted January 29, 2024 19 minutes ago, IslandBoy said: It's probably best kept as a conversation piece. That and that only, they shorten from tang up not the opposite. BUGS in USA when we say it's toast means it's a goner. 1 Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted January 29, 2024 Report Posted January 29, 2024 Burnt toast is one step worse than toast… At least you can still eat toast. But I once found a bent and flaky rusty thing in a moat (it was originally a Tantō) and loved it. For a while. 1 1 1 Quote
Stephen Posted January 29, 2024 Report Posted January 29, 2024 1 hour ago, Bugyotsuji said: Burnt toast is one step worse than toast… At least you can still eat toast. But I once found a bent and flaky rusty thing in a moat (it was originally a Tantō) and loved it. For a while. So you didn't eat it? 5 Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted January 30, 2024 Report Posted January 30, 2024 10 hours ago, Stephen said: So you didn't eat it? No, it was (carbonized) toast. 1 Quote
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