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Thank you. The single character on the spine - does this mean warm? I'm pretty clueless, and that's what the google brought up! Thank you. I asked my wife, and her grandfather served briefly at the end of WW2 in Okinawa. He later served in Korea. I'm not sure when the sword was acquired, I'll ask next time we visit. Either way, it spent its subsequent life in his Oklahoma home in storage ever since. They recently moved up to New England, which was when it was given to us. I'm not sure if he had it polished ever, again, will try to ask. One of the reddit commentators noted that the mei looked rough cut. Any opinions? Any other information on the smith Rai Kunifusa? Cheers, Andrew

Hello all- This is my first post here. I'm looking to gather information on a sword brought back by my grandfather in law from service in Korea and since given to my family. I posted pictures of the sword first at reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/SWORDS/comments/fv0azd/shin_gunto_id_help/), and the responses have been fascinating. One member recommended posting our sword in your forum. So far, it has been identified as a Rai Kunifusa from 1940. The other side of the nakago seems difficult to interpret, there was a thought that the sword might be named "Orchid of Echizen," since it seems Rai Kunifusa has named other swords. I did find this thread very interesting, but it seemed to end without much conclusion: http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/10330-rai-kunifusa/ I also found that the spine of the nakago has another marking, unclear what it means. If anybody here could tell me more about our sword, that would be awesome. Thank you all in advance, Andrew