Certificate of Authenticity - Announcement by Master Yun Long Zi, Part 2

To ensure highest possibility of authenticity, the Certificate of Authenticity contains the following three features:

(1) Paper and Printing

Every Certificate of Authenticity consists of a card certificate that's 12 grams and come with an envelop with a golden lining. Lotus on Water trademarked logo of the Lotus Flower appears on the back of the envelop and on the top right hand side of the certificate.

The company we assigned to print the certificate is Crane & Co.. They are the company who has been responsible for printing the US currency notes for 212 years. The paper we use for the certificate is from them as well. They are 100 percent cotton acid free paper, safe and nice for you to touch on.

Wording are three different fonts on the certificate. They are (1) Bickham Swash (2) Wedding Text and (3) Saint James. They are authentic and exclusive from Crane & Co. as well.

As the printing method is called engraving printing, whereby bronze plates are carved and pressed on the paper, there will be slight dent of impression at the back of the paper. You can feel the gold emboss on the surface of the printing.

But because the certificate card is rather thick, you won't feel impression. The envelop is thinner, and you will be able to feel the impression at the back of the lotus flower print

(2) The Detail Information on the Certificate

Here are two details you should take special note as they are essential to determine the authenticity of the items you buy from us. One is the dimension, the other is the weight. The weight for most of the small but precious items are recorded in carat, up to three decimal places. In other words, it is to very high accuracy. When put against the dimension, it will be quite impossible for any craftsman to create an item of the same dimension with the same weight that's in carat to 3 decimal places.

It will be especially so when imposters try to use a different material to fake our items. Different material will have different density. A different material with the same mass will never weigh the same.

(3) Master Yun's Signature and Seal.

Master Yun Long Zi will sign his Chinese name at the bottom right hand corner with his seal next to it.

You will notice that the stroke of the signature is wavy -- broad at certain angle and narrow at another angle. It possesses more variation than a normal fountain pen and more consistency than a Chinese brush.

That is because of the pen Master Yun uses to sign off his name on your certificate. It is a special fountain pen.

The body of the pen is made of natural bamboo. Not just any bamboo, but the bamboo used to build the Japanese imperial kitchen. It has been smoked dry for more than a hundred years. Thus, it is dry and steady.

Now, since the bamboo has its natural wave and knots, the pen must be held at a certain particular angle for the comfort of writing. It thus create a consistent angle that no artificially-made pen body can achieve.

The nib of the pen is made with 21K gold. It is the softest kind of writing nib in the world. In time, it's shape will adjust according to the writing habit of Master Yun. The tip of the nib is slightly elongated to create wave during writing. But because the soft nib will be readjusted after some time, by the writing habit of Master Yun, the effect of the stroke will be uniquely his.

In other words, even if "Sailor" (the pen company) makes another pen, using an identical bamboo, the stroke will still be slightly different.

A Chinese seal, carved by Master Yun himself, is pressed with red vermillion mineral next to the signature. This mineral is said to be able to cast out ghost and evil vibes.

During night where you need extra yang energy to fight against evil vibes, just open up the envelop. Expose the seal and leave it next to your bed.

-- Master Yun Long Zi, 27 November 2013
** The third part of Master Yun's announcement will be released shortly. Clients who have bought from Lotus on Water before are entitled to this Certificate of Authenticity for your previous purchases. We will also be releasing instructions for this shortly.