Spartancrest Posted April 11 Author Report Posted April 11 Bruno, yes some nice pieces, I discovered these when I was doing research on the Tadamasa Hayashi collection. Hayashi donated several of his pieces to the Guimet Museum back in 1894 - I am not sure what happened to the bulk of his collection, did it go to the Louvre or were they auctioned off? 1 Quote
Spartancrest Posted April 12 Author Report Posted April 12 https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/8677/ - can someone close to Saint Louis lend the Museum a tape measure please. Just doing some basic image comparison the height [if indeed it is 44 mm] when compared to the width shows a difference of about the rim thickness - at a guess 3 mm? I don't see the guard being 44 mm in height to start with, it is much larger than for a tanto wouldn't you say? I don't think we can trust many of the sizes given by this museum. I look forward to seeing what the museum has to say - Dimensions 1 3/4 x 1 1/8 x 1/8 in. (4.4 x 2.9 x 0.3 cm) 1 Quote
Spartancrest Posted April 16 Author Report Posted April 16 This is the Museum that just keeps giving and giving https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/37862/ Wow the sword must have been enormous if the guard is 29 inches across! Dimensions 29 x 3/16 x 29 in. (73.6 x 0.5 x 73.6 cm) weight: 3.5 oz. (0.1 kg) Quote
Mark Posted April 16 Report Posted April 16 a typo or mistake. probably 2.9" not 29... look at the weight and picture Quote
Spartancrest Posted April 16 Author Report Posted April 16 On 4/16/2025 at 11:31 AM, Mark said: a typo or mistake. Expand Twice the mistake as the cm are wrong as well - they slipped a decimal point. The museum has a few badly out of whack dimensions and shows far too many images ura side only. It is a relatively big collection and mistakes are bound to happen but shouldn't a conscientious museum take corrections onboard? Quote
Spartancrest Posted April 18 Author Report Posted April 18 https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/37977/ An oval iris sukashi - the dimensions don't add up. From time to time in the collection measurements change orientation from Height x Width x Thickness - to H. x T. x W. Weight is never given accurately in grams Dimensions 3 1/16 x 2 1/4 x 3 1/16 in. (7.8 x 5.7 x 7.8 cm) weight: 3.2 oz. (0.1 kg) Quote
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