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17th January 2008, 10:12 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: East Coast USA
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RARE 16TH/17THC CHINESE CEREMONIAL DAGGER
This just ended on ebay. Seems like a nice old piece and I love the dragon scabbard
 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI...m=290197293919 Lew |
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17th January 2008, 11:09 PM
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That's cool!! It's a Japanese kogatana mounted up as a mini fancy tanto, wonder if it was a gift to a samurai child for the boys' festival?
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17th January 2008, 11:36 PM
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Arms Historian
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What is the significance of the heart shape in Japanese sword mounts? I have seen them it seems mostly on scabbard tip mounts. What is the term for this heart shaped figure?
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19th January 2008, 05:18 PM
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The heart shaped piercing is called an "inome" - supposed to represent a wild boar's eye.
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20th January 2008, 02:33 AM
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I have never seen anything quite like it, but something about it says late 19th c. for tourists...
I have been wrong before. Josh |
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21st January 2008, 12:03 AM
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Thanks Lemmy. |
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