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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 6319129, member: 14873&quot;]Captioned photos</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1250886[/ATTACH]</p><p>Very old plain iron hand guard (tsuba) - only decoration is Wisteria foliage and flower carved along periphery of guard.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1250887[/ATTACH]</p><p>Handle of utility knife (kozuka) carried in scabbard (saya)&nbsp; - depicting Japanese deer (siki) resting in marsh grass with full moon to left.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1250888[/ATTACH]</p><p>Edo period elaborately carved iron tsuba depicting cherry tree (Sakura) foliage, flowers and buds - decorated with gold dots.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1250889[/ATTACH]</p><p>Edo period auxiliary sword (wakizashi) in complete, high quality, mounting (koshirae).</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1250890[/ATTACH]</p><p>Depicting utility knife (kozuka/kogitana) which fits in slot on left side (ura) of the scabbard (saya).</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1250891[/ATTACH]</p><p>Fully assembled sword handle (tsuka) koshirae: under-lay is honika wood covered in ray fish skin (samegawa) and wrapped with black silk cord (ito).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1250892[/ATTACH]</p><p>Medium length sword (Wakizashi) in full koshirae - very high quality scabbard (saya) hand finished&nbsp; in vermilion lacquer (urushi).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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