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I think I have decided against getting the Rai kuniyuki and instead focusing on getting a blade by bizen saburo kunimune as I have found more information and blades on/by him then kuniyuki

I would do it but unfortunately I'm quite busy this year

I have seen this blade before while a excellent piece from the early edo, the swords I'm currently looking for are high quality Kamakura blades. -https://eirakudo.shop/312656 Probably above the current price point, another that fits my taste though Im not to well verse with bizan saburo kunimune. I do know that he was one of the smiths that layed the foundations of the soshu den tradition

I was wondering why one part of the sword looks more active whilst the rest looks bland. Only guessed it had been polished a few times form the habaki area as theres a slight dip in the blade there

https://eirakudo.shop/touken/tachi/949282/ This is a nice piece by rai kuniyuki I'm looking to potentially get some time in the near future. Feels very elegant whilst not being to flashy. It still having the signature is a another upside. The tachi koshirae is very daimyo like, lots of gold. Though only tokubetsu hozon, It still out price many of the juyo swords the shop list. Overall a great piece by the founder of the prestigious Rai school in my eyes. But I'm looking for opinions from more experienced members to determine if getting this sword in the current time (considering the economy because of the tariffs) viable. Jed

Excellent article, quite a insight to the works of kashu sanekage and tametsugu. I am fortunate enough to own a high quality work by sanekage myself.

It's been a while but aoi has just sent me the picture of the nbthk certificate

It's out of polish, other than that no flaws

https://www.ebay.com/itm/267161823782?_skw=nbthk&itmmeta=01JNQ82R6X8362EZ2VAEC3CFFZ&hash=item3e3415ea26%3Ag%3ATRcAAeSwlI5nsvCk&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAAwFkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1cu48vjLWD1D6uT9AcuTN%2FzoE%2B%2B4TfccEjab4fivQramV7P8eE1NKaeRao9NOrzsIs%2BzENRQv6%2FMhmwYkz30kfvWD%2BkwW6NNTXbD%2BmVabIG%2B%2F%2BDQIE%2F3akU9UKrOPmew5BFm3RGLp2xoz7g9H%2BModq2qUDDwdNK2O2Lxuk3uT0HnSxF5GKC5uVMnBW6%2BApkdWD%2BDLnntigwptN13xuX8TsVRRsMFQ%2FHle%2F6vMRTXHXLIQ%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR8yDi-itZQ&LH_All=1 A big, practical blade from the edo period. suites my taste but my only concern is if the signature is genuine. It has old nbthk papers but it is still good to be a bit cautious when getting form ebay

You need closer, higher quality pictures of the blade and tang in order to make the attribution

https://www.aoijapan...kubetsu-hozon-token/ Just curious, how often do these kinds of daisho nbthk certificate happen. Is it common, uncommon or rare that this happens?

I'm actually getting a sayagaki from Tanobe sensei right as we speak.

Thanks

Singnil is me, will show the papers once I receive the sword

https://www.kinghous...-kodachi-by-tomoyasu Another tomoyasu tachi I found but it seems like a gimei sword