Re: [sumo] Red vs Black Tegata

["JOHN GUNNING" <gunningjohn@hotmail.com>]

yes the printed ones don`t have these. however neither do all originals. 
unless you know what a sekitoris stamp looks like it could be anyone who 
made it but i have never heard of or seen a fake. thankfully its not 
something that happens.


From: "Tyler Patocka" <plungerhead@hotmail.com>
To: sumo@statgen.ncsu.edu
Subject: Re: [sumo] Red vs Black Tegata
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 21:09:22 -0500



Isn't the mark of "authentic" tegeta when the rikishi's hanko (stamp) is in 
the corner?

sincerely,

Tyler J. Patocka






>

>the only difference is the colour of the ink. tegata (both printed

>and original) are among the most popular items i sell on ebay so i

>have seen almost every wrestles now in both forms. the printed

>versions are always red (except for those that may come with a

>magazine sometimes). originals are in red or black. a sekitori may

>do it in whatever colour takes his fancy on any particular day.in

>march when i was at sadogatake beya morning practice 3 sekitori gave

>me tegata as presents. kotomitsuki did his in red but kotonowaka and

>kotonomine did theirs in black.

>hope that helps

>john






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