A friend of mine owns the screen used Duncan sword..
A friend of mine owns the screen used Duncan sword..
A friend of mine owns the screen used Duncan sword..
Also found this tsuba pictures, sadly it's sold, but it's a original edo period kinai school tsuba.
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Yes there were variations on tsuba design, even from same school and same make from same week.
I remember the one I pictured is smaller it can explain the different design, and the one you pictured is different too.
I found this and that, and there are also variations, not only the size but some subtile design change even it's clearly the same maker using exactly the same tools.
First is mine, second is on japanese website:
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Sadly, for Highlander, they didn't avoid anachronism, because the original preiod items were made by kinai school, and there are no brass used in kinai school tsuba, only iron, so they coud have made iron finish, to really match the historical accuracy, but I think they didn't even think about it, because the kind of material for the handle is also a later design, even it woul dhave been genuine ivory, it's more typical from meiji period,as mots of the well made brass tsuba (snake design is good example) made for collection, not use.
But it's a production movie, not historical decument, if it would, there would never be fake ivory handles, most of movie swords are wrong.
I like the namban tsuba on top right of your picture.
It seems the Marto company made 2 fuchi versions for same duncan katana, with same design on both sides, but I think the original cast piece probably had one design on one side and other design on other side, I have the first variation, and I found pictures of the second variation.
So I am looking for high resolution picture, or even better, a genuine part like the fuchi on this hilt.
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why not.
it's intersting, sadly they used a strange design, nothing like a real fuchi.I will keep ny own design for now.
When was this marto sword made?