Water wheel and cherry blossom

[GRC]

Fair enough Steve. My apologies to Deanna.

I will start a new thread and add more thoughts on the matter tomorrow I hope.

 

Oh by the way, I wrote "Wakiyama" as the original source of many of these theories, but it's actually Akiyama ... was just looking at some wakizashi before that and had that word on the brain 

[FlorianB]

Gentlemen,

 

I want You to remember that Mr. Haynes is a well reputed and skilled collector so there is no need for mockery. Don’t forget he went for Tsuba when most of us haven’t been born and without todays possibilities.
There are indeed pieces I won’t agree with Mr. Haynes judgement, but this can be discussed without scoffing.

 

Florian

[Iaido dude]

Thanks, Glen. Let us know on this thread when you have started a new thread as we discussed.

[GRC]

Hi Florian.

 

Please note, I am most certainly NOT mocking the person.

I have the utmost respect for what Haynes has contributed to this field. We all stand atop some of the foundations he has laid.

However, I will unhesitatingly point out flawed theories that don't hold up to scrutiny or that are unsupported by evidence.

So on a general note, a person's overall contributions to a field of research should not prevent others from pointing out any ideas that are incorrect.

 

The whole notion of reliance on and preservation of rusted sukashi walls needs to be undone.

This idea will lead to false judgements of age and worst of all, lead to the eventual destruction of the very art objects we all seem to appreciate.

So from my perspective, i see this particular idea as "dangerously flawed".

 

Now let's move this train of thought to a new thread, as was suggested by Steve, so we don't continue to hijack Deanna's thread 

 

Starting one now...