Thierry BERNARD Posted March 11, 2012 Report Posted March 11, 2012 http://cgi.ebay.fr/Late-Hamano-school-Meiji-period-Kozuka-Very-Ornate-Japanese-sword-Tsuba-/330699979804?pt=Asian_Antiques&hash=item4cff413c1c Quote
Geraint Posted March 11, 2012 Report Posted March 11, 2012 Ah, Thierry. I am surprised that you don't recognise this for what it is; this form of kozuka is often found mounted with a kogatana blade like the one in the attached picture with a companion piece whose blade is rather fork like. A pair of these would be mounted in the saya of a bento tachi mount for use when samurai were going on a picnic. Rather like the so called hunting tachi koshirae. Quote
Jean Posted March 11, 2012 Report Posted March 11, 2012 Geraint, That's almost a Bowie knife BTW, My wife has a complete set of these, bought in an antiques fair. I love them, only drawback, the handles are too short. Quote
Thierry BERNARD Posted March 11, 2012 Author Report Posted March 11, 2012 sorry Geraint but I'm still a newbee! I have much to learn :D Quote
markturner Posted March 13, 2012 Report Posted March 13, 2012 Seriously, $25,000 US ????? the bare faced cheek of some people......still, I guess, there is always someone out there who may fall for it, like the Nigerian email scammers, you wonder surely everyone knows about these, but still they con millions from thousands of people..... Rgds, mark Quote
Brian Posted March 13, 2012 Report Posted March 13, 2012 Mark, Read again. That is $25 starting price, $550 BIN. Not crazy. It isn't a kozuka, but still some nice work in the Japanese style. Just missing the Shishi Brian Quote
markturner Posted March 13, 2012 Report Posted March 13, 2012 I guess I need to polish my glasses........ It did look very intricately worked, but I just saw $25,000 and glazed over!! Quote
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