TTyMiller Posted April 20, 2011 Report Posted April 20, 2011 Is there such a thing as a Nihonto stamp if so can someone post what it looks like.
John A Stuart Posted April 20, 2011 Report Posted April 20, 2011 See here. viewtopic.php?f=50&t=8010 John
TTyMiller Posted April 20, 2011 Author Report Posted April 20, 2011 I'm not talking about a star stamp or otherwise I am talking about a Nihonto stamp; is there such a thing?
Jean Posted April 20, 2011 Report Posted April 20, 2011 If "By Nihonto stamp", you mean a stamp on the blade certifying that the Sword has been made according Japanese traditional forging methods, I am afraid not.
Guido Posted April 20, 2011 Report Posted April 20, 2011 Maybe he means those little sticky paper thingies you put on envelopes ...?
sanjuro Posted April 20, 2011 Report Posted April 20, 2011 You can bet that if there was such a thing, someone would have counterfeited it a couple of centuries ago, and all the fakers and rip-off merchants would be using it. Life just aint meant to be that easy I'm afraid. 'Made in Japan' stamped on a blade just doesnt cut it with the nihonto crowd.
TTyMiller Posted April 20, 2011 Author Report Posted April 20, 2011 Thanks guys, someone is claiming that this is a Nihonto 日本刀 stamp. I'm "new" so excuse my lack of knowledge.
kusunokimasahige Posted April 20, 2011 Report Posted April 20, 2011 Highly likely a Chinese manufacturer using that as a stamp to "prove" his fake blade is a NihonTo KM
sanjuro Posted April 20, 2011 Report Posted April 20, 2011 Regardless of what the kanji characters on the stamp may say, such a stamp says only FAKE. The person that told you that there was such a thing is either a fool or a liar. In either event you wouldn't want to buy a sword from him.
cabowen Posted April 20, 2011 Report Posted April 20, 2011 Seems to me I have seen a WWII era gunto with a 日本刀 hot stamp a long time ago.....I wouldn't be too quick to judge and dismiss without photos....
Ruben Posted April 21, 2011 Report Posted April 21, 2011 Hi Gentlemen, just to answear the question about stamp´s on old sword´s, there are some in my opinion . I saw few nakago with this kind of feature, without nowing anything about there meaning. With stamp you mean a kind of symbol combined with kanji, not just kanji or mon? The things i saw, were maybe chisseld, not 100% shure that the were stamped. If i find some example i will sure post it here . Regards Ruben
george trotter Posted April 21, 2011 Report Posted April 21, 2011 I remember seeing a western sabre made (it is said) for the colonial government of Victoria Australia in the 1880-90s. Stamped on the front of the sword guard were the kanji "Dai Ni Hon Sei" (Made in Great Japan) See F & G "Jap. Mil. & Civ. Sw. & Dirks" pp276-77. Is this the Nihonto stamp you mean? George.
TTyMiller Posted April 30, 2011 Author Report Posted April 30, 2011 The stamp that Chris posted 日本刀 is the actual stamping. I'll have to add a picture of the stamp. This a hand forged KANEHISA razor?
george trotter Posted May 3, 2011 Report Posted May 3, 2011 Is there such a thing as a Nihonto stamp if so can someone post what it looks like. Since you seem to have had the Nihonto stamp pic all along, and you seem to read Japanese, wouldn't it have been simpler to post your last post first and say "anyone seen this before?" (would've saved a bit of now wasted time). Geo.
John A Stuart Posted May 3, 2011 Report Posted May 3, 2011 A razor??? Not really relevent to swords. A lot of household use stuff have stamps. John
TTyMiller Posted May 3, 2011 Author Report Posted May 3, 2011 Since you seem to have had the Nihonto stamp pic all along, and you seem to read Japanese, wouldn't it have been simpler to post your last post first and say "anyone seen this before?" (would've saved a bit of now wasted time). Geo. Actually I didn't have the picture and I don't read Japanese and I don't read minds either!
sanjuro Posted May 4, 2011 Report Posted May 4, 2011 Did I miss something? Are we branching out into domestic blades and kitchen utensils now? Look out gardening tools, here we come!!! Come to think of it, didnt we do pruning/flower cutting blades with tosho signatures some time back? See what these little domestic digressions can lead to????? :D
TTyMiller Posted May 4, 2011 Author Report Posted May 4, 2011 Did I miss something? Are we branching out into domestic blades and kitchen utensils now? Look out gardening tools, here we come!!! Come to think of it, didnt we do pruning/flower cutting blades with tosho signatures some time back? See what these little domestic digressions can lead to????? :D There are people like you on every board; those that think they operate with a higher level of intellect, you're the basic know it all and class clown looking for attention; while trying to have a laugh at the expense of someone else. So yes you are missing something!
sanjuro Posted May 5, 2011 Report Posted May 5, 2011 It seems we have also descended to petty namecalling. Apparently, I missed that too! Oh well... When in doubt resort to direct action.
kusunokimasahige Posted May 5, 2011 Report Posted May 5, 2011 Well apparently these razors are also collected This one goes for 495 US$...... I like this Gundam razor far better ! And TTy, stop overreacting so much. KM
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