Waxburn

Thanks for your time Ray, appreciate it. Mick.

After looking at the mei closely it appears to be a 3 Stoke ‘naga’. So this could be written by someone else using Nagamitsu or someone working for Ichihara.

Thanks everyone for your assistance with this I really appreciate it.

Here are some more photos. The tang is rusted so hard to know if there is are symbols underneath.

Trying to work out how to post it.

Hi everyone. I would appreciate some help in identifying the symbols on the tang of this sword. It was given to me by my mother in law and was brought back to Australia from WW2 by her father. It is unknown how he obtained the sword as he would never talk about the war with them. The sword appears to be a Type 98 Guntō. The tsuba, seppa and fuchi are all marked at the top with 75 and a possible 3 or symbol like an incomplete 3 at the bottom. There are 3 symbols on the tang which seemed odd but hopefully someone can help with identifying them. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help. Mick.