RichardP Posted June 6, 2021 Author Report Posted June 6, 2021 5 hours ago, Geraint said: The fact that it came back as gimei is a disappointment, most of all to you but I think all of us love it when a story comes good. I know that it's easy to speak after the event but if nothing else your post made me really look at the tsuba and particularly at the seppa dai. Thanks so much—while the results were a disappointment, it’s nice to get some idea as to what features might have guided the shinsa team’s decision. Quote
shakudo Posted June 7, 2021 Report Posted June 7, 2021 Hi Richard, Just for interest was any info given on the tsuba? NBTHK or one of the others? Personally I think it is a great piece and anyone would be happy to have- pm if you want to be rid of it!!! Hahaha! As others have said good nanako and extremely well done dragons- great scales! Enjoy Mike. 1 1 Quote
RichardP Posted June 9, 2021 Author Report Posted June 9, 2021 On 6/7/2021 at 1:51 AM, shakudo said: Hi Richard, Just for interest was any info given on the tsuba? NBTHK or one of the others? Personally I think it is a great piece and anyone would be happy to have- pm if you want to be rid of it!!! Hahaha! As others have said good nanako and extremely well done dragons- great scales! Enjoy Mike. Hi Mike- Thank you for your appreciative comments, but no, NBTHK doesn’t provide any info as to their reasoning—so it was nice of Geraint to give some thought as to the factors that might have guided them. 1 Quote
RichardP Posted September 13 Author Report Posted September 13 Surprise addendum: On a lark, I sent the tsuba back to Japan for a second opinion from NTHK. Just heard that they’ve papered it! 6 Quote
Dan tsuba Posted December 11 Report Posted December 11 Hey Richard! That is great that the NTHK papered your tsuba! It is a beautiful piece! This is the 21st century, why doesn’t the NTHK give an English translation included with their papers? As I understand it (please correct me if I am wrong) when you first sent it in for shinsa, it came back gimei! Then you sent it in again, and they papered it! This is a good example of what GRC is saying in his “Established ideas that need to change - 3: Pre-Edo period schools & Reliance on NBTHK papers” thread. You would figure that if the so called experts labeled it as gimei at first, then it would always be gimei! What changed? 1 Quote
RichardP Posted December 12 Author Report Posted December 12 Hi Dan! I first submitted it, unsuccessfully, to NBTHK. A friend recently submitted his own items to NTHK during a trip to Japan and kindly offered to take my tsuba with him, if I was willing to risk the shinsa fee. So it seems to be a split opinion between the two organizations. It’s my understanding that NBTHK’s judgments carry more weight—but still, what a thrill! 2 Quote
Dan tsuba Posted December 12 Report Posted December 12 Hi Richard! NBTHK or NTHK, who cares! You stated "what a thrill"! I bet it was! Well done! It is a beautiful piece to be treasured (my opinion!). 2 Quote
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