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Rai Kunifusa restored


JH Lee

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A heavily rusted/pitted Rai Kunifusa, with combat damage (edge chips) was restored.  It is made from some kind of homogenous, unfolded modern steel (hence the not fully traditional polish) but was water-quenched in the traditional way.  There is an abundance of nie/nioi everywhere, with billowing clouds rising into the shinogi-ji in parts.  The hamon/yakiba rises from the monouchi and fully hardens the kissaki.  Very interesting and unique piece among WW2 era blades.

 

There are a couple of spots where the nioi is less dense (like ashi?) but the hamon/yakiba does not actually fall off the edge and follows the rest of the nioguchi.  Very interesting visually.

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1 hour ago, JH Lee said:

Fascinating.... So, the sword's name is "Time."  What a name for a sword!

 

And Bruce, the original mounts were basically disintegrated and not salvageable, unfortunately.

Not sure if it's the swords name, it could be some kind of inspection mark.

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According to what I have read, Rai Kunifusa was quite fond of naming his swords along the mune of the nakago.  In fact, another of his swords posted here on NMB had a different inscription meaning something like "Warmth."  And there was another named "Shanghai Neck Cutter" and so on.

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