buchtas Posted September 18 Report Posted September 18 Hi, I am new here, and I would like to show/ask for opinion on the dawn of my collection. Those are my first aquisitions, I dont know much about them and would like to learn more from people who are capable of telling more than eye can see. And to add some information, all of them have Hozon token from NBTHK Tsuba no.1 Tsuba no.2 Tsuba no.3 Tsuba no.4 Thank you for any comments about my new pieces. 4 1 Quote
Dan tsuba Posted September 18 Report Posted September 18 Hi Martin, Welcome to this great forum! To my inexperienced eyes, your tsuba look great! Congratulations! And they are all papered! Wow! Better than I have in my collection! I am certain that much more expierenced collectors than I am will tell you more about them! 1 Quote
Jake6500 Posted September 19 Report Posted September 19 Nice start to a collection. If they all have hozon certification then you can be confident as to their authenticity. Personally I like the 3rd one very much, I think the river design is pretty unique. These all strike me as genuine later Edo Period works in the 1780-1850 range. 1 1 Quote
buchtas Posted September 19 Author Report Posted September 19 Thanks, both of you. The best part is the story how I got to even get them. Almost 2 years ago i visited Japan with my girlfriend, now wife, and visited a sword dealer. He prepared some pieces to look at to choose as my first katana, i wanted to buy a sword just in shirasaya. And at the very end he also showed us some fittings and my wife goes "ooooo this is pretty can we get it and build the rest of the koshirae" And so we went from me wanting just a sword to having full koshirae built for our sword and along the way, since my wife was overseeing the fittings we want for the koshirae i stated that I want some tsuba and here we are 😁 And we already have new tsuka wrapped with gorgeous sakura theme, unfortunately we were not able to get a nice sakura tsuba for it in over a year of seraching but the one we have fits nicely. 8 4 Quote
Curran Posted September 19 Report Posted September 19 Whomever did the ito on your koshirae did an incredible job from the braid behind the fuchi to the crossover of the menuki, and the fidelity-marriage knots at the crossover of the ito. Very feminine with a bunch of custom work behind it. Exceptional custom work. If I ever make another custom koshirae, I'd love to know your agent/dealer and who the heck did that Ito. Someone went above and beyond. You may not even know that. 1 1 Quote
Curran Posted September 19 Report Posted September 19 Very good same too. Incredible that this was your first time through a custom koshirae. That made my day. I've been dealing with some pinhead stuff at work and in correspondence today. Seeing a nice custom job like really shines a positive light through the day's fog. Respect to your wife and the dealer-agent who brought this together. 1 Quote
buchtas Posted September 19 Author Report Posted September 19 Hi, thank you for your kind words I will relay them to my wife aswell, we are so happy and proud with the work too. The project is yet to be fully completed, currently only thing that is missing is saya. And regarding the dealer/agent I work with Mr. Pablo Kuntz from "Unique Japan" i do not know who the craftman/craftwoman is tho. I follow unique Japan for years and years, he has amazing reference PDF files of swords he sold over the years and before and during the choosing phase my wife and I went through his catalouges looking for insipration for our koshirae project, I can highly recommend his website and himself. When we recieve the completed sword i will make a post in appropriate thread with all the details. 3 Quote
Jake6500 Posted September 22 Report Posted September 22 On 9/19/2024 at 5:25 PM, buchtas said: Thanks, both of you. The best part is the story how I got to even get them. Almost 2 years ago i visited Japan with my girlfriend, now wife, and visited a sword dealer. He prepared some pieces to look at to choose as my first katana, i wanted to buy a sword just in shirasaya. And at the very end he also showed us some fittings and my wife goes "ooooo this is pretty can we get it and build the rest of the koshirae" And so we went from me wanting just a sword to having full koshirae built for our sword and along the way, since my wife was overseeing the fittings we want for the koshirae i stated that I want some tsuba and here we are 😁 And we already have new tsuka wrapped with gorgeous sakura theme, unfortunately we were not able to get a nice sakura tsuba for it in over a year of seraching but the one we have fits nicely. She's a keeper Take it to the bank lol 1 Quote
Tcat Posted September 22 Report Posted September 22 On 9/18/2024 at 2:51 PM, buchtas said: I am new here, and I would like to show/ask for opinion on the dawn of my collection. It looks like its going to be a beautiful day. Quote
buchtas Posted September 23 Author Report Posted September 23 UPDATE: Didn´t expected to make an update so soon but it seems that koshirae is almost done, some touch ups and sageo is still missing, but yes for anyone interested, quality of the completed koshirae is just astonishing. Adding detailed picture of the saya and overall picture. ENJOY 4 1 Quote
b.hennick Posted September 23 Report Posted September 23 Great work Martin! I like the koshirae very much and agree with Curran's feelings about the tsuka wrap. 1 Quote
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