From Th To Juyo

[BIG]

Hi, some thoughts about a small step or an unreachable dream. The master shinshinto swordsmith swords

passed juyo level several times. One exellent smith of his school made nihonto on the same level as his

master, got several TH's but never passed juyo.

First thought after some advice was to try it, why not the first to suceed in Japan. But other guys said do

not spent your money for nothing, no chance to pass.

It's still TH but still thinking if he reaches 5 TH or more the sword will make it...Do we have ( esp. Shinshinto) such an happy end?

 

Best Regards

[Gabriel L]

Eh. In the abstract it is hard to say. But consider that very few Shinshinto blades pass Juyo anyway, and that the smith has never passed… an obvious thought would be "why should this one pass?" Is it markedly better than even those other TH blades? Is it important? Is it truly exceptional?

 

TH is a nice ranking but the jump from H to TH is smaller than the jump from TH to J in my opinion.

[Jean]

In fact, it is easy to understand:

 

Hozon: easy to obtain

TH: selection of the best hozon presented at Shinsa

juyo: selection of the best TH presented at Juyo shinsa

Tokubetsu Juyo: selection of the best Juyo presented at Tokuju Shinsa

 

No official quota but ...

 

What is the use of having 90% of Hozon passing TH, much more interesting to have 40/50% passing TH and see people competing each year to have their swords pass...

 

Their was a need to increase the value of TH shinsa.

 

For people who have not noticed, years ago you could go to Juyo shinsa directly after Hozon. Now, it is mandatory to pass by TH to go for Juyo.