Tsuba help

[pcfarrar]

Hi,

 

Anyone have any idea for an age/school for this sukashi tsuba?

 

Thanks,

 

Peter

 

[Rich T]

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

[Steve Waszak]

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

[pcfarrar]

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?

[Mike]

Wait patiently 100 years, or give it to a pro restorer. Best is to leave it as it is. Just my 2 cwt. Mike

[Bungo]

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

[Steve Waszak]

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

[Curran]

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.

[Bungo]

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

[Bungo]

here's the close up's on the mimi

 

 

milt the ronin