pcfarrar Posted March 27, 2007 Report Posted March 27, 2007 Hi, Anyone have any idea for an age/school for this sukashi tsuba? Thanks, Peter Quote
Rich T Posted March 28, 2007 Report Posted March 28, 2007 I would guess Owari and Momoyama/Early Edo for this piece. It's probably too bold for anything else. Wakazashi sized huh ?, I can see the masame type hada in the mimi. Rich Quote
Steve Waszak Posted March 28, 2007 Report Posted March 28, 2007 Hi Pete, I would agree with Rich. Early-ish Edo Owari would be my guess. The boldness, the heavy squared mimi, the geese motif, the symmetry all suggest Owari to me, though it has a relatively "new" feel" to it, I think... Steve Quote
pcfarrar Posted March 28, 2007 Author Report Posted March 28, 2007 Thanks Rich and Steve. It is wakizashi sized. The patina is a bit patchy as it looks like some idiot tried to clean it. Do you have any idea whats the best way to restore the patina back? Quote
Mike Posted March 28, 2007 Report Posted March 28, 2007 Wait patiently 100 years, or give it to a pro restorer. Best is to leave it as it is. Just my 2 cwt. Mike Quote
Bungo Posted March 28, 2007 Report Posted March 28, 2007 pcfarrar said: Thanks Rich and Steve. It is wakizashi sized. The patina is a bit patchy as it looks like some idiot tried to clean it. Do you have any idea whats the best way to restore the patina back? couldn't be worse than my " magical mytery tour tsuba ". .........too bad you are in merry ole England or you could bring it to the Chicago show . milt the ronin Quote
Steve Waszak Posted March 28, 2007 Report Posted March 28, 2007 Hi Pete, I am of the school advocating "leave it alone." Appreciate it for what it is, I say. Jim Gilbert has an outstanding page on his site on (not) cleaning tsuba. You may want to check that out... Steve Quote
Curran Posted March 28, 2007 Report Posted March 28, 2007 Owari feel. Squared off mimi w/ masame grain lines, sort of pseudo Yagyu. Smaller compact size. Think "Ono" shop. A bit on the crude side but clean cut side for Ono. My guess is later... Mid Edo, maybe. Maybe someone else (*ahem* -cough, cough- you know who you are...) would like to show their good example of an Ono tsuba. I could slice bread with the masame grain lines in that one. Cool thing is they go very clearly all the way through the tsuba. Quote
Bungo Posted March 28, 2007 Report Posted March 28, 2007 never the shy one, i assumed you meant lil' ole me........... http://www.esnips.com/web/tsuba?docsPage=26#files I will try to find the tsuba from the treasure chest and take some pics of the masame hada of the mimi............. p.s. I still think it's not an Ono but a Kanayama. milt the ronin Quote
Bungo Posted March 29, 2007 Report Posted March 29, 2007 here's the close up's on the mimi milt the ronin Quote
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