ROBERT HAYNES

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Collections..

 

 

 

[Okan]

Thank you Peter!

[Fred Geyer]

great video, always love to listen to what Robert has to say    

 

Fred Geyer 

[Bazza]

How do we see the earlier parts 1 to 4??

 

BaZZa.

[BIG]

Here we go..

 

https://ificah.de/interviews/

[kissakai]

Thanks Peter

I watched No5 and will watch the other soon. So nice to see

I did notice that in No5 I'm certain he has my Birmingham tsuba book (colour and spine layout are as my book) behind him and to the right - wishful thinking?

He has said my images are good but I should be placing them on a glass plate!

I did try this method and ended up with a load of 'floaties' on the image and I can't get to museum archive to retake them. All my correspondence has been ignored

 

 

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[kissakai]

I've just watched them all

Sad to see that (for example) Interview No 3 only had 48 views

Maybe collectors just didn't know about these. I didn't.

 

[BIG]

Hi Grev, all the interviews dated 26.08.2024. I think the NMB thread will give several hundred views to honor him and the Tsuba lovers and collectors went with Fred, wants to know  “what Robert has to say.”

 

The blog is nice and interesting..

 

Best Peter

[kissakai]

I'm sure you are right Peter

 

[Bazza]

To quote my 5yo grandson "I want to say something", but I'm not sure what to say without writing a huge essay.  To me, the interviews were stunning and I cast my entire collecting 'career' against the yardstick of Robert Haynes' life experience and dedication and almost think I should have given up before I started!  I recall a letter contact with Robert some 50 years or so ago asking about a seemingly nondescript tsuba I should have kept, as I had a 'feeling' about it, but there you go!!

 

I'm deeply grateful to Peter for bringing these interviews to our collective notice and I'll be watching them numerous times.  Much to say, but the first 'takeout' for me was that (if I remember correctly) Robert wasn't interested in anything made after 1700.  Well, for mine that's debatable on a number of levels, but I hear what Robert says.  Needless to say, there is MUCH more at play here than the workmanship of late Edo tosogu and the gamut has been run on that in lots of enjoyable threads here on our wonderful NMB.  Here I'm running out of inspiration which can lead to 'running on'...  Rabbiting on??!!  To bring this to some sort of conclusion, keeping Robert Haynes in mind I'll continue on my merry way enjoying the arts of the Japanese sword and the wonderful friendships I've made around the world over the last 60 years.  To Peter Reusch, thanks again mate.

 

Bestests,

BaZZa.