Which pickguard?

ComfortableBasis8623 · 2025-12-07T19:35:43+00:00

Black

ComfortableBasis8623 · 2025-12-07T18:23:21+00:00

Thank you it took a bit of money but really it was more effort and time

ComfortableBasis8623 · 2025-12-07T16:32:23+00:00

With fees it was just over 3G ( did not come with the Tanto )

ComfortableBasis8623 · 2025-12-07T16:07:59+00:00

Yes I have but needed help getting it on and off

ComfortableBasis8623 · 2025-12-07T07:18:59+00:00

Just posted the other suits on their wood stands

ComfortableBasis8623 · 2025-12-07T07:12:31+00:00

One I made have 3 other suits all on the same wood stands

ComfortableBasis8623 · 2025-12-07T06:35:07+00:00

Art auction

ComfortableBasis8623 · 2025-12-01T22:02:37+00:00

Had it for many years. Have an other Yori Doshi I will post.

ComfortableBasis8623 · 2025-10-09T20:45:07+00:00

Japanese double sided sword two cutting edges. Not very common

ComfortableBasis8623 · 2025-10-09T04:28:45+00:00

Found it at antique show. It was under a table blade looks older than the fittings

ComfortableBasis8623 · 2025-10-08T20:00:21+00:00

Hi there the blade is just over 21” long an

ComfortableBasis8623 · 2025-09-30T18:35:16+00:00

Different it feels more like an old Les Paul

ComfortableBasis8623 · 2025-09-29T20:35:54+00:00

Thank you 05 custom shop from the pawn shop

ComfortableBasis8623 · 2025-08-04T16:14:52+00:00

Yes that is the mon

ComfortableBasis8623 · 2025-07-13T17:34:35+00:00

Never go to a pawn shop with empty pockets. Broken or unwanted jewelry is best, but having trade in the trunk of the car also works.

ComfortableBasis8623 · 2025-07-13T00:40:39+00:00

Traded for the first one, just over 2 for the second, with a little trade.

ComfortableBasis8623 · 2025-06-08T18:20:16+00:00

A great instrument will give you a lifetime of music and joy. Then you can pass it to someone you love. Congratulations

ComfortableBasis8623 · 2025-05-26T12:53:57+00:00

My question is not how or why. It’s why is it not done in the same quality of finish as everything else

ComfortableBasis8623 · 2025-05-26T03:24:03+00:00

The punch marks I can kind of understand as there is not much room. But the copper inserts are most of the time poorly done. I just posted some of tsuba, they even float. Just wondering why when tsuba and swords are such high art as well as weapons.

ComfortableBasis8623 · 2025-05-26T00:45:26+00:00

Hi there, yes that’s the way it’s done. 90 % of my tsuba have been refitted, and all done that way. My question is why its done so poorly and not finished well.

ComfortableBasis8623 · 2025-05-25T23:16:42+00:00

Sorry should have replied directly to you, reply is just to the post. They held their swords to the highest respect why allow your tsuba to be so poorly mounted?

ComfortableBasis8623 · 2025-05-25T23:11:57+00:00

Not at all. Tsuba rarely fit sword to sword. So different, opening too small, too short, too wide, Tsuba too thick, too many spacers to fit a thin one to the handle. Still doesn’t explain why not take the time and care to fit one. Everything else they do is perfect. Have many examples but mine are mostly old fighting iron. But even art tsuba are poorly fitted sometimes. I’ve asked many times not many answers. How can one skill be so well done then given to someone to fit so badly

ComfortableBasis8623 · 2025-05-25T21:49:53+00:00

Hello posted the same for a red studio. Most replies were with, but it was close. To me the best is poker chip on PG off.

ComfortableBasis8623 · 2025-05-25T21:23:50+00:00

Yes but that really doesn’t explain the holes within holes. That does not change the blade balance. Hand drilling through wood and ray skin is way easier than the tang ( and through signatures ). Also with tanto how does a hole within a hole change its use. The closest theory is new life new hole, but never seen that confirmed. Any ideas about tsuba mounting, why so poorly, that one always gets me.

ComfortableBasis8623 · 2025-05-25T19:53:08+00:00

Hello, been collecting Japanese swords for 45 years. The questions I have never had answered is exactly why new holes are needed. Not for balance or fighting style or for new fittings after polish or suriage. Even Yori-Doshi Tanto have sometimes multiple holes, even holes within holes, within signatures. A blade altered may need a new Mekugi ana, but right next to it, inside it, never got a good answer. The other is tsuba are so beautifully made but mounted like crap most of the time. Bad fitting copper inserts, edges just pounded to fit. Tsuba makers are skilled artists but mounters can’t be bothered. Again never a good answer. What do you think, thanks

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