blade inscription No Kami Rai Kanemichi

[junker24]

Hi,

 

get an Japanese sword last week, which i could not match.

 

It has a short thin blade, with no hamon. But it has a signature.

But the signature itself seem to be very sharp, tang has no rust either, so i guess this may be a fake as well.

 

The inscription shall read as "no kami rai kanemichi".

 

Blade length: 33,4 cm

Height:2 cm at habaki

Thick: 4 mm at habaki

kozuka made of tin ?!

Saya of polished ray skin.

 

Should i call it a wakizashi ?

If yes, from what aera ?

 

best Dirk

[hxv]

Dirk,

 

It looks like a real nihonto to me. Wakizashi. The signature will need to be checked.

 

Hoanh

[Brian]

It's a genuine wakizashi, looks quite nice. Probably a hamon there too...just out of polish. Use uchiko and see if you can bring it out a bit.

Signature needs to be checked, it's a "biggish" name. Probably gimei, but you never know. Even if it is, still a decent little blade at first glance. Worth having checked out.

 

Brian

[Jacques]

Hi,

 

Mei reads : Izumi no kami Rai Kinimchi 和泉守来金道

 

Mishina school; there were 5 generations signing that way.

 

Very probably gimei for the 4 first.

[cabowen]

typo above. should be "Kinmichi".....

[junker24]

Hi,

thanks for your help.

I think of a gimei too, because nothing seems to fit together at this piece.

Saya is nice but the kozuka is of an really poor style.

Also none of the both holes will match for the tsuka.

If I get a hamon on the blade I will post it here.

Maybe we can see more.

 

Dirk

[Thierry BERNARD]

look like a boy's sword