sample of Rai Kunimitsu mei help

[Rickisan]

I'm looking for a good pic of a Rai Kunimitsu mei, if anyone can help.

Regards

 

-Rick

[Brian]

Hi Rick,

 

Google image search is pretty useful when the normal google search is too frustrating.

Try this: http://images.google.co.za/images?hl=en ... a=N&tab=wi

The first 2 links (and others) have some pretty good pics. Maybe someone has some that aren't online.

 

Regards,

Brian

[Rickisan]

Brian-

Thanks...i was "googling"...didnt think of trying the images.

Rick

[sencho]

Rick,

 

Watching the one on ebay, eh??

 

I have looked at all my available oshigata and to me it doesn't fit anything....

 

Kuni seems all wrong for starters...

 

Cheers

[Rickisan]

Sencho -

 

Yep...you are right.

 

I knew the members here have great knowledge...

 

How many years of studying Nihonto do I need...before my "mind reading" powers kick in?

 

You guys are awesome.

 

Rick

[sencho]

Rick,

 

We are very lucky that a few on here do have a lot of knowledge.... I however am certainly not one of them.... just a novice comparing oshigata.....

 

So many people are trolling ebay for nihonto, that plenty would have seen it.

 

May as well post it in the ebay section and have the 'spurts teach us something about the Rai school and how they signed and further kantei attributes.

 

Cheers

[Eric H]

Rai Kunimitsu Tanto, 27.0 cm, Juyo Token

 

Eric

[Stephen]

I don't think the mei was cut to deceive, if you have seen any RKM you'd know this was not to pass as one but rather a attribution to the smith and school, maybe to carry into battle the sprit of RKM

[Rickisan]

Actually I just saw it as an affordable sword first. I just liked the look of it.

 

Veiwed the pictures, and it didnt seem to have the "tell tale" signs of a chinese fake.

 

Thought, hmmm, maybe I can learn something from this...let me see if the smith name even comes up.

 

I didnt even know who Rai Kunimitsu was, until I started trying digging around.

 

Rick

[Guest reinhard]

It's quite difficult to find a genuine Rai KUNIMITSU "as an affordable first sword" (though I have to admit, I don't know what you can afford). I recommend to start reading (reliable) books about Japanese swords. You will soon get a memory for the top-league of smiths, like Rai KUNIMITSU. This will ring a bell whenever you come across a work of one of these masters. They almost never come along as bargains and are usually detected by pros before sold for no money. The big names are tempting but they're rather worthless when gimei. There are exceptions, but usually removing the gimei is not worth the pain.

 

reinhard

[Mark]

what is the is the item number???

[sencho]

can't say.... we're on the wrong forum.... might get in trouble!!

[Darcy]

Mei removal runs about $150 for what it is worth. It can be worthwhile if the piece is excellent. Sometimes it gets upgraded at Shinsa. I had a piece once that had a gimei Hankei on it, and it went to shinsa and came out as Shizu Kaneuji.