Schmoopy Posted October 28, 2015 Report Posted October 28, 2015 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? Quote
SwordGuyJoe Posted October 28, 2015 Report Posted October 28, 2015 Agreed - I use it all the time! Quote
Kronos Posted October 28, 2015 Report Posted October 28, 2015 On 10/28/2015 at 6:47 PM, SwordGuyJoe said: Agreed - I use it all the time! This. Quote
SwordGuyJoe Posted October 28, 2015 Report Posted October 28, 2015 On 10/28/2015 at 7:41 PM, Kronos said: This. Huh? Quote
Kronos Posted October 28, 2015 Report Posted October 28, 2015 On 10/28/2015 at 8:21 PM, SwordGuyJoe said: Huh? I'm agreeing with you lol Quote
SwordGuyJoe Posted October 28, 2015 Report Posted October 28, 2015 Next time you agree with me, dumb it down a little - I am kind of slow... Quote
kazarena Posted October 29, 2015 Report Posted October 29, 2015 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 Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted October 29, 2015 Report Posted October 29, 2015 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 1 Quote
Derek Posted October 29, 2015 Report Posted October 29, 2015 A huge thank you to Stan for one of my favorite sites. Quote
SAS Posted October 30, 2015 Report Posted October 30, 2015 Still waiting for my approval to join, hint hint 1 Quote
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