Anyone know of this Australian dealer?

[Henry Stewart]

Gentlemen

 

Anyone know of the Australian Dealer,or done business. Mr.Daniel Fox. Has used several E-Mail addresses,including 1)Lexxxdan@gmail.com and 2)daniel.fox@uts.edu.au I am having difficulty raising the good man by email, or by anythinig else for that matter;& oblige,

 

Henry

[Bazza]

Gentlemen

 

Anyone know of the Australian Dealer,or done business. Mr.Daniel Fox. Has used several E-Mail addresses,including 1)Lexxxdan@gmail.com and 2)daniel.fox@uts.edu.au I am having difficulty raising the good man by email, or by anythinig else for that matter;& oblige,

 

Henry

 

Henry,

I have never heard of this bloke, but http://www.uts.edu.au/ is the University of Technology in Sydney, New South Wales. As the academic year has closed and it is holidays here he may be a student and 'offline', or away in some student Nirvana. I'll ask around my mates here and see what pops up.

 

Best regards,

Barry Thomas

(Melbourne, Australia) - introduction posted soon.

[Brian]

Hi Barry,

Great to see you here

If I read Henry's other post correctly, although contact wasn't made, the sword in question did eventually arrive (although not being Nihonto)

 

Regards,

Brian

[Henry Stewart]

Hi Barry;

Yes thanks for the interjection. The sword did arrive but turned out to be Chinese; What happened was he photographed and advertised one sword but actually sent a totally different one (chinese fake) which didnt fit his description in any way. Its an old trick,draw the budding customer on showing one item which would cause interest and when you have the cash send cheap rubbish to the innocent buyer. It is in fact FRAUD; but there you are.

Many board members suspected the original advertised one,and I was looking for a good faked nihonto which I thought the shown one was;I was not expecting a blatant con switch.

 

Hi Brian,

 

Yes thanks the sword did arrive by a circuoutus route but turned out to be a con.The sword is a load of rubbish and nnot what I asked of him but there you are; associate in any way with criminals and you will most likely get your fingers burnt,though now you can see why really good forgeries of Nihonton are so difficult to get hold of;

 

 

Henry

[Mark]

i dealt with him on an ebay item i was selling. you can email me directly if you need specifc information

[Bazza]

Henry,

 

Arrrrr, gee, it's tough when people aren't honest. Sorry to read of it.

 

You wrote "...most likely get your fingers burnt,though now you can see why really good forgeries of Nihontô are so difficult to get hold of..."

 

Actually, if I correctly read that you want to get hold of a Nihontô copy I can highly recommend Hanwei copies. My eldest daughter's boyfriend has a mate who works for one of these companies (http://www.globalgear.com.au/) that sell reproduction swords of all types. He rang me one day and said he had something he wanted to show me. It was a "katana", and as I looked at I was amazed to see more than a semblance of hada, certainly a real hamon with some character, and most importantly of all the polish was "pretty good" for such a piece. And in a halfway decent looking koshirae. All for AUD$500. For anyone who wanted a "samurai lookalike" sword IMHO this was good value for money. It was well done indeed, and I'm used to looking at good stuff!!

 

As for Daniel Fox, no one amongst my sword collecting mates has heard of him (that says something!!), but one friend commented "I have never heard of him either. Although, there is/was an antique dealer in Canberra that goes by the name of Fox Antiques and I believe he dabbles(d) in Japanese swords". Might or might not be the same bloke. He is listed as ANTIQUE DEALERS, 25 Jardine St, Kingston, ACT 2604, phone/fax +61 +2 6232 6366, mobile 0409 009 994 (International +61 +409 009 994), http://www.foxantiques.com.au/setup.htm

 

Regards,

Barry Thomas.

[Henry Stewart]

Mark and Barry; Gentlemen

 

I am indeed indebted to you for your asisstance in the matter.

 

Henry.