Sale of fake Nihonto ( for pd report )

[AlphaRaider]

Thanks for the post and thoughts gentleman, I will read the links you provided they are very much welcomed. 

[reinhard]

On 12/7/2022 at 6:24 AM, Bugyotsuji said:

Jonathan, helpful for the beginners, yes, but please also be aware that some less scrupulous viewers can use this information to 'adjust' the quality of their wares.

 

As Moriyama San said above, "I do not want to help forgers, so I am not going to show details here." Most of us could go into detail on what they got wrong, but we have mostly held back for the same reason.

 

Thing is: Fakers need their products to be made fast and cheap.

That's why their forgeries are always silly and ludicrous shades of the originals.

"Adjusting" their forgeries would be a very time-consuming and expensive process.

That's why they won't do it.

It might be easier for them to fake papers like torokusho and others, but the shitty blades and koshirae will give them away, always.

Therefore my advice: Have a close look at the blade and the koshirae and don't buy dubious swords on the basis of papers you can't read nor judge.

 

reinhard

 

 

[Guest Simon R]

I sincerely doubt that this particular chap has even been to Japan judging by his appalling geographical knowledge of the country: