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[Rivkin]

Nihonto is one of the most difficult to fake media in existence. 

The papers on the other hand can both be influenced and are constantly fluctuating in quality.

 

I can't stress enough one very personal advice - should you rely on sensei or papering authority, if you have a Major papered blade already - use it first.

Submit it to shinsa. Show it to the expert.

 

If they look at mumei Juyo or Tokuju and say its a nice Muromachi Mino or sue-Bizen work (which is a default response), you know who are you dealing with.

Reality check: you don't have to throw their way something genuinely curved, like super-shortened and a bit atypical Rai Kunimitsu. Most authorities do fail on a daily basis with even a simple to read Juyo, more so if its submitted by a mumbling American idiot. Get "Larry the cable guy" outfit out and do some practical testing.

[Baba Yaga]

54 minutes ago, Rivkin said:

Nihonto is one of the most difficult to fake media in existence. 

The papers on the other hand can both be influenced and are constantly fluctuating in quality.

 

I can't stress enough one very personal advice - should you rely on sensei or papering authority, if you have a Major papered blade already - use it first.

Submit it to shinsa. Show it to the expert.

 

If they look at mumei Juyo or Tokuju and say its a nice Muromachi Mino or sue-Bizen work (which is a default response), you know who are you dealing with.

Reality check: you don't have to throw their way something genuinely curved, like super-shortened and a bit atypical Rai Kunimitsu. Most authorities do fail on a daily basis with even a simple to read Juyo, more so if its submitted by a mumbling American idiot. Get "Larry the cable guy" outfit out and do some practical testing.

54 minutes ago, Rivkin said:

Nihonto is one of the most difficult to fake media in existence. 

The papers on the other hand can both be influenced and are constantly fluctuating in quality.

 

I can't stress enough one very personal advice - should you rely on sensei or papering authority, if you have a Major papered blade already - use it first.

Submit it to shinsa. Show it to the expert.

 

If they look at mumei Juyo or Tokuju and say its a nice Muromachi Mino or sue-Bizen work (which is a default response), you know who are you dealing with.

Reality check: you don't have to throw their way something genuinely curved, like super-shortened and a bit atypical Rai Kunimitsu. Most authorities do fail on a daily basis with even a simple to read Juyo, more so if its submitted by a mumbling American idiot. Get "Larry the cable guy" outfit out and do some practical testing.

 

I can guarantee a shorten blade super, or otherwise without mei and not Juyo would go in the none- graded ben. No attribution, no age, no Hozon, no nothing.  For "some reason" the American market has been flooded with them. If collectors don't understand the reasoning behind the game look too reason #1 and the title of this thread. 

2 hours ago, PNSSHOGUN said:

A more lighthearted instance of this.....

 

 

 

 

[SteveM]

Some of these posts read like Turing tests.