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[NorvTex]

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[BjornLundin]

Hi, not an expert, Im guessing that to answer what you ask for needs better pictures.

 

If it is a rusty metal sheet is is placed on, please DO not do that for the blades sake. 

 

can you take picture of the whole blade, on both sides. See if you can catch the hamon and activity in the light and possible hada. Measurements is also good.

 

Best of luck.

[NorvTex]

2 minutes ago, BjornLundin said:

Hi, not an expert, Im guessing that to answer what you ask for needs better pictures.

 

If it is a rusty metal sheet is is placed on, please DO not do that for the blades sake. 

 

can you take picture of the whole blade makes on both sides. See if you can catch the hamon and activity in the light and possible hada. Measurements is also good.

 

Best of luck.

 

It is not a rusty sheet.

 

Blade is just at 11.5" with a razor sharp sharpened edge of 10.5".

 

I will try to get some additional pictures soon.

[paulb]

The key to attempting to value your tanto is in the title "gimei" meaning false signature is saying that the blade was made by someone else and at another time and a false signature applied.

If this were an authentic work by Rai Kunitoshi it would be an extremely valuable piece. However the size is wrong (its too big) , The nakago looks far too young and the mei doesn't look right (but that's from memory so worth double checking against authenticated examples). 

If as I believe this is a gimei blade and probably made in the 18th or 19th century then the $850 offering would probably be about right, maybe even a little generous. 

The only way to be sure is firstly compare the mei against known work, there will be lots of examples online. If still unsure you should submit the blade for shinsa either in Japan or in the USA when they start again at various sword shows. Needless to say this will incur additional cost and take some time.