jason y Posted September 8, 2014 Report Posted September 8, 2014 Please give me your opinion on this tassel. Thank you. Quote
Stephen Posted September 8, 2014 Report Posted September 8, 2014 hell there so good now days i cant tell, looks ok to me Quote
Kronos Posted September 8, 2014 Report Posted September 8, 2014 looks ok to me too. This may help http://www.jp-sword.com/files/gunto/tassel.html Quote
Mark Posted September 8, 2014 Report Posted September 8, 2014 are the "baskets" (2 parts where the tassel threads attach) hard and tight or sort of loose and "squishy"? Real ones are hard and tight and usually look smaller than your picture and the fakes are a bit bigger than the original and not as tight. I am not an expert on tassels nut that is what I was told. Other than that observation they look possible but as said the fakes are getting very good Quote
jason y Posted September 8, 2014 Author Report Posted September 8, 2014 That 2 little balls are hard and tight.. and i thought i could tell when i see it on my hand but it is this is hard to tell... Quote
Austo1 Posted September 8, 2014 Report Posted September 8, 2014 I am sorry to say that from the photographs your tassel looks like one of the chinese reproductions. The crowns above the tassels are typical of the chinese ones. Regards Doug Quote
Austo1 Posted September 8, 2014 Report Posted September 8, 2014 I thought that I should post a pic to show what one means when refering to a loose crown. The top tassel is a chinese repro............... the bottom Generals Tassel is an original. Please note the loose crown on the top tassel. It is hard to tell from photographs however the red colour on the repro's is more a crimson red rather than the orange red of the originals. There are also othet differences between an original and a repro that can be seen when holding a tasselo in hand. I have noticed of late a few of these chinese repro's being sold on ebay as original tassels, both with and without swords. Regards Doug http://www.guntoartswords.com Quote
jason y Posted September 8, 2014 Author Report Posted September 8, 2014 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Japanese-sword- ... true&rt=nc Origianl listing... Quote
Mark Posted September 10, 2014 Report Posted September 10, 2014 pictures in the listing give me the idea of genuine, the rubbing where it was attached seems natural. I think it is a fair or good price, I think I have seen them for over $2k Quote
jason y Posted September 11, 2014 Author Report Posted September 11, 2014 Thank you for your opinion!! Quote
kusunokimasahige Posted September 11, 2014 Report Posted September 11, 2014 Really Mark ? I thought only General's tassels fetched that amount of money. KM [Edit] Quote
Stephen Posted September 11, 2014 Report Posted September 11, 2014 KM what makes you think its not? Quote
kusunokimasahige Posted September 12, 2014 Report Posted September 12, 2014 Stephen you are absolutely right. I had it confused with another type of tassel. My bad !! Sorry. KM Quote
Michael T Posted October 22, 2014 Report Posted October 22, 2014 Hello and SURPRISE ! - the next generals tassel from the same seller : http://www.egun.de/market/item.php?id=5142011 Michael Quote
brannow Posted October 25, 2014 Report Posted October 25, 2014 Sorry it is a reproduction. So is the one in the group of tassels just posted. Quote
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