Peter Bleed can see into the future

[lonely panet]

a quick post from a 1995 jssus edition.

peter is a time traveller 

[ROKUJURO]

It is just a question, not a forecast.

[Bruce Pennington]

The one page you provided is sort of on the mark, as collections are probably smaller today than they were 25 years ago. The collections of 80 to 100 or more swords are likely not part of modern collection due to climbing prices.

[Brian]

I think @Peter Bleed nailed it.

[Michaelr]

Some things don’t need anything added. I think it says a whole lot. Thank you for sharing    
    MikeR

[Kanenaga]

It's hard to read a thread like this and not think about the Internet, which did not exist in 1995, and which has transformed all aspects of collecting, including Japanese swords.  Peter couldn't possibly foresee this, no one could -- except maybe for a couple of engineering students at Stanford.  We can do things today that were unimaginable 25 years ago:  kick tires and shop on specialty auction sites and Japanese dealer websites, see hi-res images from museums, translate from Japanese in the click of a mouse, and participate on forums like this one.  We even have discussions about whether sword shows are obsolete (I hope not).  Has all this made nihonto collecting better or worse?  Hard to say, but the comment about smaller collections still rings true.  

[Ken-Hawaii]

 

58 minutes ago, Kanenaga said:

t's hard to read a thread like this and not think about the Internet, which did not exist in 1995

Not quite, Les. From Wikipedia: "January 1, 1983 is considered the official birthday of the Internet. Prior to this, the various computer networks did not have a standard way to communicate with each other."

 

I was using DARPAnet back in 1979 to send data & messages. Archie started as a primitive search engine in 1990.

[Peter Bleed]

Hey, Hamfish, show us the rest of the - ahhh - article. I want to read the whole thing and see how it ends.

P

[SAS]

Peter sees not only into the future, but the past as well

[Kanenaga]

Well, Ken, you are correct, but you and DARPAnet were ahead of the curve.  Wikipedia also says " The linking of commercial networks and enterprises by the early 1990s marked the beginning of the transition to the modern Internet."  All I remember from the early 1990s is email, and not much else.  But then, that could be my memory.  

[lonely panet]

[Bazza]

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