SanZoku

A few days ago I posted two pictures of a nakago one easy to see and the other had to have a large amount of light to see it. I didn't know of the first timer protocols. That said, I am Scott B or Screen Name San Zoku, I picked this name because with the right kanji it translates to Mountain and Pirate and I further reduce it to its lowest common denominator and get hillbilly a term that I am familiar with. San Zoku is actually a nice restaurant in to convenient locations two serve you in Yamaguci, Pref, JP. It has an old Samurai atmosphere with some do it yourself style cooking. As for Scott B I am a 20+ year Marine stationed in San Diego, CA. I am a collector of Gunto. I have a good library on the subject and I have a wife that speaks and reads Japanese, providing it isn't too old of writing. That is how I happened on to the Nihoto Message Board. Like most know, just because it has a kanji that looks like water doesn't make it so. Ok back to my Gunto collecting, I was a in the LA area a few years back doing work for Digital Ranch, that was doing work for a TV show, Mail Call on the History Channel. I had a sword that I had picked up at a gun show, and one of the programs had included my weapon. Naturally it was a hit with me. Plus I have been on a half dozen or so islands in Japan where on of these swords would have been carried. Now I have NBTHK papered swords, a suit of armor and a 6'-something bow. Now that we are back to the present, I was talking swords and looking at sword porn on the internet and another Marine said he had been given an old foot locker that had some old military items and an old sword. I have taken measurements and given the names of the characteristics of the sword and am almost ready to return it. My wife took a crack at the name/date and I plugged it into a smith data base and no match except Higo Kuni. Nothing matched any of the smiths from the three schools on Kyushu. Thanks and Happy Nihonto. Scott B.

肥後国求麻郡co Sbrenner

any takers? Seems to be out of Higo. But the rest doesn't make sense