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pbleed · 11th May 2010, 11:55 PM

Dirk,
This is a very suspicious item. Mokko refers to 4-lobed so this is NOT mokko-gata. I also would have a hard time calling it Shoami -since it appears to be "soft metal." Actually it looks like brass. The signature is something like Bushu ju MasaSomething, siggesting that it was made in Musashi. BUT, I have a very hard time beleiving that a Japanese cut that signature. It just doesn't look "right."
This would be a good item to put on one or another of the Japanese sword forums.
Peter

11th May 2010, 11:55 PM	#4
pbleed Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Little Rock, Arkansas Posts: 88	signed tsuba Dirk, This is a very suspicious item. Mokko refers to 4-lobed so this is NOT mokko-gata. I also would have a hard time calling it Shoami -since it appears to be "soft metal." Actually it looks like brass. The signature is something like Bushu ju MasaSomething, siggesting that it was made in Musashi. BUT, I have a very hard time beleiving that a Japanese cut that signature. It just doesn't look "right." This would be a good item to put on one or another of the Japanese sword forums. Peter