NBTHK Papers

[Hajime Saito]

Hi. It's my first post here so i would like to say Hello to all.

 

Recently i discovered an aution on which guy is selling sword papers

He posted this image

There's averse and reverse picture.

Can anyone assess if those are authentic documents ?

 

 

 

Another thing is that i can buy old Japanese sword collection documents for 100 $ is it worth it ?

MATSUNOBE MISAKO collection

There are 3 volumes

 

Volume 1 contain: 36 photography of tsuba,

 

Volume 2 contain: 9 photography of tsuba, 5 oshigata drawngs, 12 koshirae, 4 wapon elements,

 

Volume 3 contain: 19 photography of antique oblects

 

More pictrures here:

 

http://www.fotosik.pl/aukcja/22547/d724 ... 75d.html#e

 

[Nobody]

Hi Janusz,

 

The paper was written in Chinese, though I cannot read them. And the mei on the oshigata looks doubtful. The mei seems to be 竹崎来吉, which is strange.

[Bungo]

lookes like a " certified " fake !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

milt the ronin

[Bungo]

but the tsuba books look legit.

 

milt the ronin

[Bungo]

Hi Janusz,

 

The paper was written in Chinese, though I cannot read them. And the mei on the oshigata looks doubtful. The mei seems to be 竹崎来吉, which is strange.

 

Beinf an Ex-colonial from Hong Kong, have studied Chinese since kindergarten through high school( not the abbreviated form promoted by the Mainland commies ). While my knowledge in classical Chinese is now " rusty ", I cannot make sense of the writings. Also the calligraphy sucks ( for lack of a better descriptive term )............

 

I come to the conclusion that the " shinsa paper " is a poor imitation of the NBTHK paper. There's no description of the sword maker or the sword itself.

The issusing " organisation " reads( direct translation )............. Southern Spring Nation. Yeah , right

 

milt the ronin

[w.y.chan]

There are a number of Chinese discussion forums devoted to nihonto. I am pretty sure the growing middle class are increasingly tired of their Paul Chen swords and looking for better stuff. Nothing to do with the above but it wouldnt surprise me if the Mainland setup a body to catalogue surrendered wartime swords because there is serious money to be made.

[Hajime Saito]

Thank you for opinions. I won't buy it.