Orselli

Ok. Just realized the pic was over 1mb. So here are the rest. One of the seppa has some tiny writing. http://s1372.photobucket.com/user/Orselli/library/ I added a few more. Updated. Tom

Here are some more. Won't let me upload more then 2. Tom

I'm off Friday and will post some more then. My father in law is ticked pink with all the history. Thanks Tom

Hello all My name is Tom. Sorry to say I do not currently collect Japanese military items. But after doing some research for my father in law I'm really thinking about starting. Only real Japanese I know well is anime. Thank you for the help. Tom

Thank you for the fast response. Correct me if I'm wrong, and I most likely am. The sword was made by the Kumabe family and they had a smith working for them named Tadatoshi who made the sword? (Or is Tadatoshi the last name) And the smith is a RJT smith and that is a average to below average sword maker and they made swords in the Higo region, a older region of Japan. So it was not a factory made sword, that's good. So I have a great story to tell my father in law. His father brought this sword back from Japan and he was interested in its story and now I have one. Thanks Tom.

Very sorry. I had my wife looking over my shoulder telling me Darcy is a woman's name. My apologies. Tom.

Hello all. Let me first say I have the upmost respect for what you do on this site. I spent a few day going through the Japanese alphabet and I had no luck trying to figure out what I had. I contacted Darcy Brockbank to see if he could help. Darcy did say he thought I had a sword signed in grass script and he suggested I come here to see if some of you could help. Sorry about the pics. The script is very hard to see and photo. Edited! Sorry Darcy. Thank you for any and all help. Tom