Vermithrax16 Posted January 13, 2021 Report Posted January 13, 2021 I saw this on Aoi Art this week and considering how much time we spend talking about fakes and all the incorrect assumptions about them, maybe it's covered in here. Would need an English translation. Maybe Grey has a copy?; Katana no Gimei by Inutsuka & Fukunaga. https://www.aoijapan.com/book-katana-no-gimei/?fbclid=IwAR1JeuiVf2VY80WsGehqmT1vbMOjS5zYbM1K5XPdAdga-cTAO2Q_spUHwB0 Quote
Toryu2020 Posted January 14, 2021 Report Posted January 14, 2021 My advice is to study valid examples, not gimei... -t Quote
Vermithrax16 Posted January 14, 2021 Author Report Posted January 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Toryu2020 said: My advice is to study valid examples, not gimei... -t Um, yeah? Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted January 14, 2021 Report Posted January 14, 2021 It would be interesting to attempt a classification of the various fakers and forgers of Mei out there. For example, to get the ball rolling, Unscrupulous merchants who work with untalented forgers who reckon that the presence of a Mei is better than none at all. Unscrupulous forgers, who have no scruples, even if they have talent in choosing a suitable blade, and cutting a Mei in the correct style. Scrupulous forgers who deliberately make one stroke 'wrong', to warn the wary but fool the unwary. 1 Quote
Bazza Posted January 15, 2021 Report Posted January 15, 2021 We could categorise these under the landmines umbrella - where's that BOOM! emoji... BaZZa. 1 Quote
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