I thought I’d copy Nautilus’ post in the news area on the forums to the front page. Sadly Minoro Matsumoto of Shoei has passed away (you can see more about Shoei here including shots of the master himself at work):
Not strictly airsoft news, but I will venture to put this here as as I know many on these forums honour the work of Shoei’s master craftsmen and will be deeply saddened.
Tomio has informed me that his Father recently passed away after a long illness. He offers his thanks to the airsoft and model gun communities in Europe and America who have offered their support and good wishes to his Father during his illness and to those people with outstanding orders for the MG42 which have been suspended during this time.
The master passed away at home in peace with his family on Tuesday night.
Shoei will begin machining again after funeral observations and they humbly request customer’s understanding in this regard.
Our thoughts are with them at this time. Nautilus
