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P-37 Kai Gunto Mei : 伊 奈 波 INABA?


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I guess this isn't quite the standard request. I know what the characters are, but I don't know how to read them. This is a P-37 Kai Gunto, probably a stainless steel blade. It's got the Navy anchor stamp on the tang.

 

It's inscribed 伊 奈 波.  Most of what I am finding out there has this as part of a larger signature, 伊 奈 波 兼 吉, or INABA KANEYOSHI.

 

Is this a shortened version of the signature by the same smith? Or a different smith?

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On 9/7/2021 at 11:08 PM, Bruce Pennington said:

David,

Could I get a photo of the full nakago showing the Toyokawa stamp?

 

Sure! If you search the website we sell them on, ima-usa.com, you can usually find them. Here are both of the examples we have had. One is definitely more carefully written than the other.

 

 

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