Rai Tanto On Ebay

[Wickstrom]

http://cgi.ebay.com/B017-REAL-Japanese- ... 4cf29d1290

 

Gimei? If it's legit I'd imagine most people would be able to overlook the flaws at this price for such a rare and valuable blade.

[jason_mazzy]

nothing on that blade says rai to me

[Tsugio Kawakami]

Katsuragi thought so, too, it seems.

 

"He is a very very very famous great swordsmith.

He is too too great. Therefore, I do not understand the truth or falsehood of this."

[christianmalterre]

I just want to add: Do find me a Rai and i will buy it immediately!(No Joke!)

 

This E-Bay blade is old scared Rubbish-far away from any Rai!

A pitty for the guy who bought it-he´d better invest in a couple of barrel-beer :lol:

 

Christian

[Guido]

I just want to add: Do find me a Rai and i will buy it immediately!(No Joke!)

Well, that's really not very difficult, there are quite a few Rai blades around. If you mean "reasonably priced" then contact Bob Hughes: he has a TokuHo Rai Kunitsugu Katana at the moment (Ôsuriage Mumei, saw it at the DTI) which is a steal at about 1.4 million Yen.

[Lee Bray]

Hi Guido.

 

I saw that Kunitsugu at Bob's stall. I think the price was 4.5 million with the handachi koshirae in shakudo that was sublime.

The katana is fantastic.

There was a Rai Kuniyuki tachi and a tanto as well from recollection(which could be a bit hazy as my brain has been overloaded with a large amount of very good swords. It's not often one gets to see Kotetsu, Kiyomaro, Muramasa, Kunitsugu and a host of others on the same day.)

[Guido]

Sorry, my mistake, I meant Kuniyasu. The one he put out the day after that is the Jûyô Kunitsugu, extremely healthy, and with a fine Tachi Koshirae that's papered as well; it is indeed priced slightly higher than the Kuniyasu.

[Wickstrom]

I just want to add: Do find me a Rai and i will buy it immediately!(No Joke!)

 

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[Curgan]

I just want to add: Do find me a Rai and i will buy it immediately!(No Joke!)

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Are they still on business?

 

As for the ebay tanto, for 450 bucks it's not that bad after all. At least he didn't get a modern chinese fake...

[Wickstrom]

Are they still on business?

 

I'm really not sure, his site was idle for almost a year and then he updated it and added several things to the for sale section around the end of June this year.

 

I've heard some pretty mixed feedback about this seller though...

[Jean]

Just back from my club meeting and seen a tanto 3rd generation Yasutsugu which was full of rust when bought for 400€ and which shall be fantastic once polished (still 5 stones to go through)

[ububob]

I will look forward to your photos of that blade.

[Jean]

If it ever comes back to the Club...