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Lew 17th January 2008 09:12 PM
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

lemmythesmith 17th January 2008 10:09 PM
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?

Jim McDougall 17th January 2008 10:36 PM
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?

lemmythesmith 19th January 2008 04:18 PM
The heart shaped piercing is called an "inome" - supposed to represent a wild boar's eye.

josh stout 20th January 2008 01:33 AM
I have never seen anything quite like it, but something about it says late 19th c. for tourists...

I have been wrong before.
Josh

Jim McDougall 20th January 2008 11:03 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by lemmythesmith
The heart shaped piercing is called an "inome" - supposed to represent a wild boar's eye.

Thanks Lemmy.


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