NTHK papers

[elliottshogun]

Just curious, how long does it take to receive paper by the NTHK? Had two tsuba papered at SF Token Kai and am anxcious to receive the appraisals.

Thanks.

Elliott

[Mark]

someone else may know better but based on previous experiance i would look for them around Feb

[elliottshogun]

Thanks Mark,

 

I will 'kick-back' with my 'B&B' and wait them out.

 

Elliott

[drdata]

Good q.

 

I too await papers for a katana. I pinged Tom around 10/28 and he indicated the papers were at the calligraphers and he might receive them back by the end of November.

 

So, should be pretty soon now. Perhaps in time for xmas!

 

Regards

[Toryu2020]

All -

I was hoping to have them in hand to be mailed out individually by now but I am assured they are in the air as we speak. So yes Xmas looks to be the time depending on your geographical location. Stay Tuned!

 

We do appreciate everyones patience,

tch

-on behalf of the NTHK

[David Flynn]

Going by the Sydney Shinsa, at least 6mths. In fact, we picked them up in Japan in Nov. the shinsa was in march!

[Muki]

What is the approximate time before any findings or decisions are generally released?

[elliottshogun]

At SF Token Kai, after your submission it was about 3 hours and you then knew whether you were receiving a 'pink' or 'yellow' slip of paper.

 

Elliott

[elliottshogun]

For those who are waiting for papers, I received mine today (12/21/2010). What a great gift!

 

Elliott

[Jamie]

Congrats Elliot.

[Toryu2020]

Happy Holidays to all from the NTHK!

 

Certificates were mailed out this past Saturday. We expect that all in North America should receive theirs by Christmas and for those overseas by New Years. If you have not received your certificates by the 31st December please email us at; NTHK2010@toryu-mon.com

 

Yoi Yoi Otoshi yo!

[Mark]

got mine! much faster than expected and as well done as always, thanks!

[drdata]

Mine arrived today as well. Brought some light to rainy so-cal.

 

Regards

 

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[Icepic]

Them origamis are coming in like Grant marching on Richmond; now if I could only read'em. Thanks NCJSC, you guys are great.

[Henry Wilson]

To help read the papers this site might be of help:

 

http://www.nihontocraft.com/japanese_sword_papers.html

[elliottshogun]

Not only 'nihontocraft' but Richard Stein's site as well as mine defines the columns as to what they mean. I copy (xerox) my paper then break out the books (neilson, etc.) and spend a day translating the kanji. It helps to have your 'yellow' slip with you. And this teaches you different kanji which at my age lasts about a day.......

 

Elliott

[drdata]

I recently had a go at this myself on an old nthk paper with success thanks to the help here. It includes a ppt with e-kanji that can be pasted into search engines etc:

 

viewtopic.php?f=15&t=8910

 

I also found the below useful as it shows some nthk paper translations. Mine was so old that none matched exactly, hence much added fun:

 

http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/origami.htm

 

Regards