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Discussion in 'The Sesh' started by htimSxelA, Nov 16, 2016.

  1. goenKendama

    goenKendama Administrator Staff Member

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    IIRC Stars kendama is from Gentosha, the same guys who make the junior sized Hajimete no Kendama.
     
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  2. azleonhart

    azleonhart Moderator Staff Member

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    Can anyone tell me if the Fuji (Mt. Fuji seal) and the Sakuras are the very first JKA seals in existence?

    And if anyone is able to, a brief chronological history of JKA kendamas?
     
    Jul 16, 2017
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  3. htimSxelA

    htimSxelA Moderator Staff Member

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    @azleonhart check the very first post I put up in this thread, it has some timeline info and pics of the old ones. I think there may be a pic of an F15 somewhere in this thread, I don't have one in my personal collection though.

    I should prob update with some pics now too! I want to put up a Meijin / Mugen seal comparison...
     
    Jul 17, 2017
  4. azleonhart

    azleonhart Moderator Staff Member

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    The Fuji (with the Mt. Fuji seal) were made in 1985.



    Yes!
    Recently stumbled across the updated JKA page, detailing a bit of Japanese kendama history!




    I’ve just started to embark on that quest, too!
    So far so good!
    The tough ones like Shin Sakura and Mugen are a bit of a pain, though (the price of a Mugen can literally buy me a hot meal, 3x a day, for about 1.5-2 months!
    Still trying to acquire a red TK.
     
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  5. htimSxelA

    htimSxelA Moderator Staff Member

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    Good find with that YK company info page. Quite solidly puts to rest the '80's sakura / 80's fuji' mixup, I've been trying to educate people that they were actually made in the 90s for years now lol.

    I need to add a red fuji, and a new red tk16, and then I think I've got em all in red! Woo! (Except the very old F15 model)
     
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  6. azleonhart

    azleonhart Moderator Staff Member

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    Do kindly let me know if you manage to get a hold of a red TK!
    I’ve been looking for one for a while now..
     
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  7. Cheech_Sander

    Cheech_Sander Administrator Staff Member

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    Can anybody going to KWC snag me a TK16 classic? (the new matte ones)
     
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  8. goenKendama

    goenKendama Administrator Staff Member

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    The Gloken/Tamiwa Toy "TK16 Original"?
     
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  9. htimSxelA

    htimSxelA Moderator Staff Member

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    I got you
     
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  10. Stuart Barron

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    @Cheech_Sander you're not gona stick an "Original" Tk16 seal on it are you?
     
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  11. Cheech_Sander

    Cheech_Sander Administrator Staff Member

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    anybody know what this sticker is from?
    Found it in my drawer.
    20170718_073709.jpg
     
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  12. azleonhart

    azleonhart Moderator Staff Member

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    Can i beseech @maxdesu to translate the text?
     
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  13. goenKendama

    goenKendama Administrator Staff Member

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    Looks like it's a knock-off (not JKA) promoting "Tip Wet Kendama Magazine."
     
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  14. azleonhart

    azleonhart Moderator Staff Member

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    Wait whutt?
    For reals?
     
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  15. goenKendama

    goenKendama Administrator Staff Member

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    It appears to be a literal translation from English into Japanese but nonsensical otherwise; Japanese don't really understand it or rather wouldn't write it that way.
     
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  16. azleonhart

    azleonhart Moderator Staff Member

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    Hahah! Most likely a Google Translation port
     
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  17. Stuart Barron

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    I'd go with what @goenKendama said @azleonhart . I asked my wife what it said and she said something to do with a magazine, but that it didn't make sense. Kind of like Japanese t-shirts with English on them in Japan.
     
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  18. goenKendama

    goenKendama Administrator Staff Member

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  19. Stuart Barron

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    Ha ha that's the one (of many)!

    I've actually wondered a few times if there is a carrier to be had correcting these t-shirt makers. Maybe not for myself though, as my spelling and grammar are quite poor :oops:
     
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  20. goenKendama

    goenKendama Administrator Staff Member

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    Sadly not so much. I work in an industry in which copywriters are part and have heard from them that sometimes they are resent projects they've corrected because the boss wants them the original way and only really need the copywriter to basically put their seal of approval on them. That's how you end up with "I feel Coke" and "Do you Häagen-Dazs." ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
     
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