Spartancrest Posted July 8 Report Posted July 8 https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/364996942533 You could just click the link, but this is what passes for a "tsuba" on an ebay listing. It must really look good on a sword! https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/364996942483 this one? https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/364996942476 These are a bit of a stretch - nothing whatsoever to do with tsuba - talk about truth in advertising!!! The dealer selling these has a lot more "tsuba" - well tsuba in the description title at least!! 1 6 1 Quote
ROKUJURO Posted July 8 Report Posted July 8 Dale, the NAKAGO-ANA of the horseshoe TSUBA is indeed exaggerated! 1 4 Quote
Spartancrest Posted July 8 Author Report Posted July 8 https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/364996942314 Dishonest description https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/364996942580 Fake but they admit it Both are examples from Hachette "buy one each month" that went down hill after the forth example was released. From a set of four selling for 8,000 yen [close to $50 USD] Wow they have gone way up in price - and they don't have the original cardboard box or the booklet. 1 1 Quote
Alex A Posted July 8 Report Posted July 8 Dont understand Dale, looks like a perfect horse shoe tsuba, possibly Late Edo, maybe earlier. Heres mine, Kanbun era, displays perfectly Good iron. 1 6 Quote
The Blacksmith Posted July 8 Report Posted July 8 I don't know what so many tsuba are doing in Norway, but I gave got about half a ton of them here! 1 1 Quote
Curran Posted July 8 Report Posted July 8 1 hour ago, Alex A said: Yes Piers, its my lucky tsuba I tend to use mine as shurikens, though I believe they are colloquially called noggenklunkins. 1 3 Quote
Alex A Posted July 8 Report Posted July 8 Your good at metal work Russ, you could make a a tsuba sculpture Becoming quite popular here, nearly bought a rabbit sculpture a while ago as it was a lot cheaper than one like this. From memory, think they go for around £4k, money in old horse shoes, i mean tsuba. 3 1 2 Quote
Geraint Posted July 8 Report Posted July 8 Judging by the size of the nakago ana that first one must be for a nag-inata! Don't worry, I'll show myself out. All the best. (Just to explain the confusion a nag is a slang word for a horse in the UK and tsuba with large holes in them are often described as for naginata. They are always better when you have to explain them!) 7 1 Quote
Curran Posted July 8 Report Posted July 8 1 hour ago, Geraint said: Judging by the size of the nakago ana that first one must be for a nag-inata! D'oh! That one is worthy of bagpipes. Absolute groaner. I love it. 1 1 2 Quote
Spartancrest Posted July 12 Author Report Posted July 12 One on ebay, described as "Tsuba Samurai Sword Guard Leaf Pattern Rectangle" I think the last word has become scrambled it should read "Wrecked-Angle" 2 2 Quote
Spartancrest Posted September 10 Author Report Posted September 10 This is what passes for a tsuba on Yahoo /Jauce - and probably some escutcheon salesman's catalogue! Who's a pretty boy then? https://www.jauce.com/auction/u1152194818 Hey you get a free Kiri box with it Reminds me of these machine dial plates that were sold as "tsuba" [I wonder if they came from some WWII aircraft dial? - would at least have some story value!] 1 1 Quote
Curran Posted September 10 Report Posted September 10 Just a 1950s light-switch cover with aspirations of being a tsuba. 1 Quote
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