A CIRCULAR IRON TSUBA formed as a mitsutomoemon in kagesukashi, fine linear tekkotsu in the rim, unsigned, probably Hayashi school of Higo, 18th Century, 7.7cm; and another with carpenter's nails, cherry-blossom and overlapping circles in jisukashi, with linear and granular tekkotsu in the rim and plate, traces of a signature, probably Shoami, 17th-18th Century,