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Personal seal case

New Products Mar. 28, 2011 - 05:32AM JST ( 5 )

This “hanko” personal seal case from Max Co contains high-quality oil pigment ink. The ink dries in just five seconds after application of the seal. 682 yen. Order by calling 0120-510200.

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WordStarMar. 28, 2011 - 08:48PM JST

Being a foreigner with no hanko, I just give my thumb print when someone insists. (Middle finger is optional.)
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bjonesMar. 29, 2011 - 09:31PM JST

Hanko interesting culturally, but not a very secure means of verification/authentication of a transaction in these times. How long ago did Europe drop the wax seal?
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MrDogMar. 30, 2011 - 03:06PM JST

Hanko interesting culturally, but not a very secure means of verification/authentication of a transaction in these times. How long ago did Europe drop the wax seal?

Sometimes when I've complained about how dated using hanko is to friends/colleagues, I've been told a couple of times "forging a signature is easy, forging a hanko is almost impossible!".

With a mindset like that, it's no suprise that Japan is in the dark-ages when it comes to things like this.
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hokkaidoguyMar. 30, 2011 - 08:48PM JST

Sometimes when I've complained about how dated using hanko is to friends/colleagues, I've been told a couple of times "forging a signature is easy, forging a hanko is almost impossible!".

Might not be impossible, but I know for a fact I could forge your signiture or your fingerprint a lot easier (and faster) than I could forge your hanko.
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MrDogMar. 31, 2011 - 09:09AM JST

Might not be impossible, but I know for a fact I could forge your signiture or your fingerprint a lot easier (and faster) than I could forge your hanko.

You can forge a fingerprint faster than a hanko?? Do you work for MI6?

Taking an imprint of the hanko and making a new one from that could be done in no time.