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loveydovey8

HOW TO SPOT CHINESE MADE FAKE JAPANESE SWORD JUNK.
by loveydovey8( 819)
AVOID CHINESE MADE FAKE JAPANESE SWORD AT ALL COST The simplest motivation for not getting caught in the trade of "Chinese-made fake Japanese swords" is to understand the simple fact that Japanese swordsmen...
Tags: Japanese Sword | Samurai Sword | Japanese Antique | Antique Sword | Fake Sword
489 of 503 people found this guide helpful
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greyguy0

Buying Japanese swords. Side by side of real and fake.
by greyguy0( 488)
As I write this there are 3,653 hits when I search Ebay for "Japanese sword". I would guess that something like 50 of them, if even that, are the real thing; the rest are modern fantasy pieces, modern...
Tags: Japanese sword | Samurai sword | Sword | katana | Nihonto
395 of 430 people found this guide helpful
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naginataguy

Fake Japanese Swords
by naginataguy( 63)
There are many Japanese Samurai swords being sold on Ebay that are fakes. They are modern made copies coming from China. They mimic mostly WW II swords. Some also mimic Antique/traditionally mounted swords. A...
Tags: Japanese Swords | Nihonto | Gendito
189 of 213 people found this guide helpful
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loveydovey8

AUTHENTIC JAPANESE SWORD WITH FAKE SIGNATURE OR PAPER.
by loveydovey8( 819)
AUTHENTIC JAPANESE SWORD WITH FAKE SIGNATURE / MEI. Authentic Japanese swords with a fake signature, aka. gemei (ge-mei) blades, have been around almost since the beginning of the entire Japanese sword...
Tags: Japanese Sword | Samurai Sword | Japanese Antique | Antique Sword | Fake Signature
189 of 193 people found this guide helpful
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moonlightmitzi

Authentic Yukata on eBay -- A Buyer's Guide
by moonlightmitzi( 164)
I am a trans-Pacific 'transplant' Japanese American. As such, I depend on eBay as a source of all things Japanese. Last spring, I developed a fondness for authentic Japanese kimono. (No doubt watching 'Last...
Tags: yukata | authentic | Japanese | summer kimono | cotton kimono
187 of 190 people found this guide helpful
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katana_hunter

JAPANESE SWORD CARE GUIDE
by katana_hunter( 109)
JAPANESE SWORD CARE GUIDE Courtesy of NBTHK Nippon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai Traditionally, the Japanese sword has been a most important treasure of the Japanese people. We should do what we can to preserve...
Tags: Japanese sword | Nihonto | Katana | Samurai sword | Sword care
116 of 124 people found this guide helpful
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0leg2006

WW II Japanese Sword/Katana Antiques and Collectables
by 0leg2006( 62)
All types of Japanese military swords are currently being reproduced and/or faked. These include;Shin-gunto, NCO Shin-gunto, Kai-gunto, Kyu-gunto, Officers Parade sabers and Police sabers. These reproductions...
Tags: japanese | swords | katana | fakes | reproductions
49 of 52 people found this guide helpful
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emall4antiques

Satsuma: Chinese Fake Signatures Illustrated
by emall4antiques( 2420)
Our guide to "Satsuma: What It Is and Is Not" makes reference to the fake Satsuma being produced in China from the late 1970's to today. This ware is sometimes fraudulently misrepresented as Japanese Satsuma...
Tags: satsuma | royal satsuma | moriage | imari | meiji
31 of 31 people found this guide helpful
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ncltcom

E-BAY JAPANESE SWORDS
by ncltcom( 356)
As the years tick by on ebay we are seeing a greater effort by the Chinese factories to copy the looks of the Japanese swords, primarily the Showa military swords. This is however not limited to swords but...
Tags: swords | japanese
29 of 30 people found this guide helpful
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kamakura-pens

How not to get cheated on Makie Pens.
by kamakura-pens( 1650)
A few weeks ago a well known ebay seller listed what he described as a perfectly mint 1930’s Platinum maki-e pen. The final bid was nearly $2,000. The pen was signed by Rosui, one of Platinum’s main artists in...
Tags: pen | makie | Japanese | urushi | lacquer
23 of 24 people found this guide helpful
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