tiger

[mizuta]

Your thoughts on this please i have no books on fittings

Thanks another new find :D Is this goto ?

Bernard

[ububob]

Congratualtions on your new find. It looks like a very nice piece.

[Soshin]

I am really not a kinko person so I really can't tell if it is Goto or not. I buy tosogu books with Kinko works in them but really don't collect them. Could you provide additional photos of good quality and detail that show the sakudo nanako body of the kozuka? Having a photo the other side of the kozuka would also be helpful.

 

 

 

Yours truly,

David S.

[mizuta]

Hope these ard better

Bernard

[Soshin]

Hi Bernard,

 

Even though one of the photos is a bit out of focus. It looks like the sakudo-nanako is of hight quality. Keep in mind that I am not a expert by any means on this subject. Also of the tiger along bamboo design is well done as well in takabori (high relief carving). Some wear to the gold inlay which is to be expected on a Edo period piece. There also also appears some minor damage to the backside which is also common wear spots of a kinko kozuka like this. Having a photos of both sides of the kogatana blade would also be nice as it looks like it has a mei. Thanks for sharing photos of your kozuka. Some of the more experienced people on the forum might be able to help.

 

 

 

Yours truly,

David S.

[mizuta]

I would say the blade is gimai as there seems very little skill was in its forging .it has a hamon but that is the best going for the blade.The handle is the best i have found so far.In the pictures it looks as though the tiger is worn and coper is showing through but this only shows in my pictures even magnified i can not see this in hand so i think the tiger is solid not plated

Sorry about my spelling

Bernard

[Alan Morton]

Hi Bernard

I would say from your photo's that it is not solid gold

but an amalgum or gold foil with the solid copper underneath

I have a few peices like this with the gold slightly worn.

If you want a proper rundown of what you've got try and

draw Ford Hallam into the discussion. I do like your kozuka.

 

Alan

[mizuta]

Thank you i do not now what i have got .I collect ww2 Japanese and german also wwi german .I havesome very nice koto shinto and shinshinto and gendaito blades.I buy what i like . If it is a Japanese sword if it has a ww2 mount with mon and all the rest i will buy it if it is priced right.

I like my gunto swords as much as i do my old swords

and my gerri tin helmet collection Regards

Bernard

[mizuta]

I will p it to shinca to heavy fore copper