Jesta Posted July 9 Author Report Posted July 9 12 hours ago, Spartancrest said: Check out just how far fakes have come with their nanako-ji https://www.jauce.com/auction/f1191847540 https://www.jauce.com/auction/m1191843571 Luckily their paint work is still not up to scratch! Newbies beware!! I find the second one easier to see the problems with (sperm-shaped nanako FTW, and terrible paint on the mimi). What did you see in the first one that raised the red flags? Quote
Spartancrest Posted July 9 Report Posted July 9 5 hours ago, Jesta said: the red flags The colour of the base material, [seppa-dai] and the "silver" looks wrong. There is also some paint overspray on the edges of the seppa-dai. Also when you look at other items from the same seller he has a majority of fakes - some "good" fakes like the two tsuba with horses - until you see the edges. https://www.jauce.com/auction/r1191847950 https://www.jauce.com/auction/r1191847950 both these horse guards have "shakudo" nanako but not when you see the rim edges in one and the hitsu walls in the other - shouldn't the colour be the same in all the exposed areas? Fine details let down by bad painting. [IMHO] 2 Quote
Franco Posted July 9 Report Posted July 9 9 hours ago, Spartancrest said: Fine details let down by bad painting. [IMHO] "Fine detail", hmm. Seriously, I see nothing that I would call fine detail. Everything has a mechanical look and feel to it. Quote
Curran Posted July 9 Report Posted July 9 On 9/9/2024 at 10:32 AM, Franco said: From old computer files, not referenced. I posted this several years ago, from an article by an Admiral Edwin Layton and Alan Harvie. According to my old notes, it was originally sourced from "Soken Kodogu Yogo lo Meisho no Kaiselsu". Certain types of nanako are associated with certain schools, and I was trying to learn the differences between the nanako of the various Ko-Goto masters up to Goto Tokujo. I think it is one of my projects that fell by the wayside some time ago. 1 1 Quote
Spartancrest Posted July 10 Report Posted July 10 7 hours ago, Franco said: I see nothing that I would call fine detail. All relative, 99% of fakes don't get close to this level 3 Quote
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