Nihontoclub.com?

[Schmoopy]

Hey everyone, I was wondering what were your opinions of this site.

I find it very convenient to use, it lets me cross reference mei and smiths across different books. However, its resources seem to be quite incomplete.

 

Is this the general consensus? How reliable is the information?

[Stephen]

reliable 

[Brian]

Yes.

[SwordGuyJoe]

Agreed - I use it all the time!

[Kronos]

Agreed - I use it all the time!

 

This.

[SwordGuyJoe]

This.

 

Huh?

[Schmoopy]

Awesome, thanks guys.

[Kronos]

Huh?

I'm agreeing with you lol

[SwordGuyJoe]

Next time you agree with me, dumb it down a little - I am kind of slow...

[kazarena]

Hi Jason,

 

I'm happy to answer your questions about the sources. It's been cross-checked against Hawley's, Fujishiro, Nihonto Meikan, Toko Taikan, Markus Sesko's Index of Japanese Swordsmiths (Hawley's is a given, others - it you see a book reference on the smith's page, it's been manually cross-checked). Coverage and depth varies between smiths, but there wouldn't be any knowingly spurious information on the site. Sword attributions are, as always, just opinions, but I'm trying to stick to higher level papers & respectable books only.

 

Regards,

Stan

[Ken-Hawaii]

Stan has done an excellent...no, an incredible...job of setting up & maintaining nihontoclub.com!  I just wish the database was portable & available on DVD (hint, hint, Stan) - I'd be willing to pay a pretty penny for that reference!

 

Ken

[Derek]

A huge thank you to Stan for one of my favorite sites.

[SAS]

Still waiting for my approval to join, hint hint

[SAS]

Yay, I'm in