Picture Comparison

[WillFalstaff]

I'm in the middle of compiling pictures from this forum that show fake Type 95 NCO swords and components compared to real ones. (I'm attributing all pictures to the original posters.) This is really for my own reference as I learn best by creating. Around where I live I'm more likely to bump into 95s and maybe 98s instead of nihonto, so I need to really learn to spot the well-done fakes. 

 

I have read through the pinned "Fake Type 95 Nco Swords" and am using examples from there. Essentially, the document I'm making is a bare-bones, quick reference "this is fake - this is not" side-by-side picture document. Some verbiage, but I want a reference I can print and take with me when we go check out antique stores and spot some slicy-slices. 

 

To anyone's knowledge, does such a document exist in the NMB downloads/info areas? I've looked but haven't found any quick reference documents with tons of pictures like what I am in the middle of making. (I printed Bruce's "Stamps of the Japanese Sword" document.)

 

Thanks for any advice!

[Bruce Pennington]

Not yet.  The idea was tossed around recently, but I never pursued it. Pretty sure no one else has.

[WillFalstaff]

Well, I'm already (cannon)balls deep into it, so I'll keep on going. Right now it's a rough word document, but I'm thinking about migrating it to PowerPoint just for the ease of picture formatting. I would like to share this here when the first draft is ready so that you pros can sanity check it. Brian or the other Mods will have to sign off on that.  

 

Oh, btw, thank you Shamsy, Trystan, and Bruce for the inordinate amount of work you guys do! I'm primarily interested in nihonto, but I have to know what I'm doing when encountering the WWII stuff. The posts and threads you guys are guilty of making/participating in, have helped enormously!

 

[BANGBANGSAN]

9 minutes ago, WillFalstaff said:

Well, I'm already (cannon)balls deep into it, so I'll keep on going. Right now it's a rough word document, but I'm thinking about migrating it to PowerPoint just for the ease of picture formatting. I would like to share this here when the first draft is ready so that you pros can sanity check it. Brian or the other Mods will have to sign off on that.  

 

Oh, btw, thank you Shamsy, Trystan, and Bruce for the inordinate amount of work you guys do! I'm primarily interested in nihonto, but I have to know what I'm doing when encountering the WWII stuff. The posts and threads you guys are guilty of making/participating in, have helped enormously!

 

Maybe you can download files from Ohmura's sites?

http://ohmura-study.net/957.html

http://ohmura-study.net/791.html

http://ohmura-study.net/792.html

http://ohmura-study.net/793.html

[WillFalstaff]

Oh nice! Ohmura's study will definitely help. Nice pictures too, though I worry about comparisons to actual examples in the real world (suffering decades of mis-handling/neglect).    

[Bruce Pennington]

One thing for sure - you're going to wind up with a really firm grasp of what looks right and what looks wrong by the time you get done with it!