"Japanese" sword on e-bay

ariel · 13th December 2005, 02:59 PM

It is time for yet another dose of "laughter relief"

. Here is Japanese sword made of pucker steel

I particularly like the long description of Japan and of samurai culture as such and the ultimate evidence of the sword's originality: an inscription on the blade. Anybody can translate?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1

Note: the rust is so fresh it falls off the blade!

zelbone · 13th December 2005, 03:28 PM

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

...I'm just suprised he didn't mention Miyamoto Musashi

!

BTW.....what's a pucker?

Rich · 13th December 2005, 09:14 PM

Yep, another Chinese crapper sword and he's using graphics from
my website to boot ! I've complained to ebay about this for years
to no avail; finally have given up even trying.

Rich S

Andrew · 13th December 2005, 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rich

Yep, another Chinese crapper sword and he's using graphics from
my website to boot ! I've complained to ebay about this for years
to no avail; finally have given up even trying.

Rich S

I noticed that.

Rich, I think there are ways to copy protect your images on the net. It won't prevent those images already copied from continuing to be used, but will eliminate new offenders.

Rick · 14th December 2005, 12:14 AM

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex9/noright.htm

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex9/noright3.htm

http://javascript.internet.com/page-...ght-click.html

http://www.codelifter.com/main/javas...ghtclick1.html

Ian · 14th December 2005, 02:28 AM

Ariel:

A few synonyms for "pucker"

abbreviate, agitation, all-overs, angst, anxiety, anxiety hysteria,
anxiety neurosis, anxious bench, anxious concern, anxious seat,
anxiousness, apprehension, apprehensiveness, befuddlement,
bewilderment, bother, botheration, cankerworm of care, care, chaos,
circumscribe, cloud, coarct, cocker, cockle, compact, compress,
concentrate, concern, concernment, condense, confusion,
consolidate, constrict, constringe, contract, corrugate,
corrugation, cramp, crankle, crease, crimp, crimple, crinkle,
crinkling, crumple, curtail, daze, decrease, discombobulation,
discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertion, disorder,
disorganization, disorientation, disquiet, disquietude, distress,
disturbance, dither, draw, draw in, draw together, dread,
embarrassment, fear, flap, flummox, flurry, fluster, flusteration,
flustration, flutter, fog, fold, foofaraw, foreboding,
forebodingness, frenzy, fret, fuddle, fuddlement, furrow, fuss,
gather, haze, inquietude, jumble, knit, knot, lather, malaise,
maze, mess, misgiving, mist, muddle, muddlement, narrow,
nervous strain, nervous tension, nervousness, overanxiety,
perplexity, perturbation, pins and needles, pleat, pother,
pucker up, purse, reduce, ridge, rimple, ripple, rivel, ruche,
ruck, ruckle, ruffle, rumple, screw up, shirr, shirring, shorten,
shuffle, solicitude, solidify, squeeze, stew, strain, strangle,
strangulate, suspense, sweat, swivet, tension, tighten, tizzy,
trouble, tuck, twitter, twitteration, uneasiness, unquietness,
unsettlement, upset, vexation, wimple, wrinkle, wrinkling, zeal

Tim Simmons · 14th December 2005, 05:22 PM

I think the seller is using the word "pucker" in the Anglo/Indian form which means good or the real thing. Pucker is still in common parlance in the UK along with many other Anglo/Indian words like doolally, buckshee, shoofty not sure if that is the correct spelling, and many more. Tim

Ian · 14th December 2005, 09:25 PM

Tim:

I've only come across the British Colonial form of "pucker" in relation to people -- real, authentic, high quality -- what we might call a "stand up" guy. Is it also used to describe inanimate objects?

Ian.

Tim Simmons · 15th December 2005, 07:31 AM

HI Ian,

Pukka, I think that is the correct spelling, can be used to say a thing is good , strangely I do not think it is used to discribe people, a list of these words and there meanings would be fasinating but off subject. Tim

Tim Simmons · 15th December 2005, 08:37 AM

The Oxford Dictionary has - pu'kka adjective (Anglo-Ind.) Of full weight;genuine;permanent.[Hindi]

BSMStar · 22nd December 2005, 06:09 PM

Can anyone make out the strange "Japanese" writing on the blade...

I have never seen anything like it on a Japanese sword before, usually you see it written in Russian (okay, Lithuanian... or is it Gaelic).

ingelred · 22nd December 2005, 06:51 PM

Hello BSMStar,

yes, I have seen the writing on the blade. It seems that there was someone who has heard of the well known Solingen sword manufacturer Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Cie but did not know how to write it

Greetings, Helge

BSMStar · 23rd December 2005, 06:05 PM

German... I should have known. Thank you ingelred.

Solingen made great Japanese swords... Ok, once... in China... for WWI.

I can just see reading the tang now... Made this lucky day year 79 showa in Solingen (Middle Country).

Happy Holidays all!!!!!!

13th December 2005, 02:59 PM	#1
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	"Japanese" sword on e-bay It is time for yet another dose of "laughter relief" . Here is Japanese sword made of pucker steel I particularly like the long description of Japan and of samurai culture as such and the ultimate evidence of the sword's originality: an inscription on the blade. Anybody can translate? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1 Note: the rust is so fresh it falls off the blade!

22nd December 2005, 06:09 PM	#11
BSMStar Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Kansas City, MO USA Posts: 312	Quit it guys, your killing me!!!!!!!!!!! Can anyone make out the strange "Japanese" writing on the blade... I have never seen anything like it on a Japanese sword before, usually you see it written in Russian (okay, Lithuanian... or is it Gaelic).

13th December 2005, 03:28 PM	#2
zelbone Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: VISAYAS and MINDANAO Posts: 169	BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! ...I'm just suprised he didn't mention Miyamoto Musashi ! BTW.....what's a pucker?

13th December 2005, 09:14 PM	#3
Rich Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: comfortably at home, USA Posts: 432	Yep, another Chinese crapper sword and he's using graphics from my website to boot ! I've complained to ebay about this for years to no avail; finally have given up even trying. Rich S

14th December 2005, 12:14 AM	#5
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,336	http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex9/noright.htm http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex9/noright3.htm http://javascript.internet.com/page-...ght-click.html http://www.codelifter.com/main/javas...ghtclick1.html

14th December 2005, 02:28 AM	#6
Ian Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Aussie Bush Posts: 4,361	Ariel: A few synonyms for "pucker" abbreviate, agitation, all-overs, angst, anxiety, anxiety hysteria, anxiety neurosis, anxious bench, anxious concern, anxious seat, anxiousness, apprehension, apprehensiveness, befuddlement, bewilderment, bother, botheration, cankerworm of care, care, chaos, circumscribe, cloud, coarct, cocker, cockle, compact, compress, concentrate, concern, concernment, condense, confusion, consolidate, constrict, constringe, contract, corrugate, corrugation, cramp, crankle, crease, crimp, crimple, crinkle, crinkling, crumple, curtail, daze, decrease, discombobulation, discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertion, disorder, disorganization, disorientation, disquiet, disquietude, distress, disturbance, dither, draw, draw in, draw together, dread, embarrassment, fear, flap, flummox, flurry, fluster, flusteration, flustration, flutter, fog, fold, foofaraw, foreboding, forebodingness, frenzy, fret, fuddle, fuddlement, furrow, fuss, gather, haze, inquietude, jumble, knit, knot, lather, malaise, maze, mess, misgiving, mist, muddle, muddlement, narrow, nervous strain, nervous tension, nervousness, overanxiety, perplexity, perturbation, pins and needles, pleat, pother, pucker up, purse, reduce, ridge, rimple, ripple, rivel, ruche, ruck, ruckle, ruffle, rumple, screw up, shirr, shirring, shorten, shuffle, solicitude, solidify, squeeze, stew, strain, strangle, strangulate, suspense, sweat, swivet, tension, tighten, tizzy, trouble, tuck, twitter, twitteration, uneasiness, unquietness, unsettlement, upset, vexation, wimple, wrinkle, wrinkling, zeal

14th December 2005, 05:22 PM	#7
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,843	I think the seller is using the word "pucker" in the Anglo/Indian form which means good or the real thing. Pucker is still in common parlance in the UK along with many other Anglo/Indian words like doolally, buckshee, shoofty not sure if that is the correct spelling, and many more. Tim

14th December 2005, 09:25 PM	#8
Ian Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Aussie Bush Posts: 4,361	Tim: I've only come across the British Colonial form of "pucker" in relation to people -- real, authentic, high quality -- what we might call a "stand up" guy. Is it also used to describe inanimate objects? Ian.

15th December 2005, 07:31 AM	#9
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,843	HI Ian, Pukka, I think that is the correct spelling, can be used to say a thing is good , strangely I do not think it is used to discribe people, a list of these words and there meanings would be fasinating but off subject. Tim

15th December 2005, 08:37 AM	#10
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,843	The Oxford Dictionary has - pu'kka adjective (Anglo-Ind.) Of full weight;genuine;permanent.[Hindi]

22nd December 2005, 06:51 PM	#12
ingelred Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Moenchengladbach, Germany Posts: 62	Hello BSMStar, yes, I have seen the writing on the blade. It seems that there was someone who has heard of the well known Solingen sword manufacturer Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Cie but did not know how to write it Greetings, Helge

23rd December 2005, 06:05 PM	#13
BSMStar Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Kansas City, MO USA Posts: 312	German... I should have known. Thank you ingelred. Solingen made great Japanese swords... Ok, once... in China... for WWI. I can just see reading the tang now... Made this lucky day year 79 showa in Solingen (Middle Country). Happy Holidays all!!!!!!