Opinion on Koshirae

[jutettsu8]

Hello,

I came across this koshirae which looked quite interesting to me, it has a signature on the saya, which I can't read.

Any opinions on this koshirae or what the signature could be?

Thank you in advance

 

Jonas

 

 

 

 

 

[Geraint]

Dear Jonas.

 

I cannot help you with the signature but the state of the koshirae is not very good.  It looks to be lacquer over horn fittings.  Nothing wrong with that however; kozuka and kogai are rough replacements of what might have been quite nice examples, the overall condition is now rough with quite a lot of damage and some very unfortunate attempts to restore, viz the shoddy overpaint on the dragonfly kojiri.  It might have been quite nice once but now.............

 

Your cash, your call but this will likely be one of those that you stick in the back of a drawer after a day or two.

 

All the best,

[jutettsu8]

Thank you very much for your insights Geraint.🙏

I believe I will pass on this one and keep learning👍

 

Jonas

[uwe]

Last part of the signature is probably not visible. What one can see might read “龍英之口” (first two - Ryūei or Tatsuhide). But I’m not sure!