loiner1965

hi steve..... i struggle to read my native language of english nevermind Japanese

Koichi Moriyama san was correct joe as he sent me details in a pm but the link i posted here was wrongly identified as kanetoshi unfortunately....mistakes happen

The mei on the sword on the linked page is undoubtedly Kanenami. thank you for the pm

here is another kanetoshi mei which to my eyes is the same as yours http://www.ryujinswords.com/kanetoshi.htm

hi. as far as i know this smith used nijimei as my mei is the long version.....here is mine viewtopic.php?f=15&t=5522

viewtopic.php?f=15&t=5522 i am looking for info on this showa kanetoshi too....maybe the same smith but using two meis

henry if you look at the link i posted in this thread and scroll down to the tsuba section you will see the same or very similiar one untouched

yes it as been altered but not everyone sees them as antiques and collectables as we do....

http://www.k3.dion.ne.jp/~j-gunto/gunto_003.htm personally i like it.....here are some more from that link we have at the top

its a nice old sword with a few polishes behind it....as a few wares and battle damage to the mune which in my eyes the latter adds character...i would go with bungo myself

the first link is i the same smith as mine where as the oshigata is exactly the same as the kanji on my sword......he even signed his mei with 2 kanji. these statements i believe are true unless someone can put me right

my mouth is staying closed stephen... :D

showa kumazawa kanetoshi. looking for info on a sword by kumazawa kanetoshi. he was a showa smith and listed in hawleys book ref kan 2368 many thanks in advance

will ask there too mark cheers.....this particular sword is gendaito

sorry james....its the showa kumazawa kanetoshi.

lookingfor info on kanetoshi who was rated at 8 by hawley....ref kan 2638 many thanks

http://www.japanesesword.com/Images/Swo ... nto14.html same smith i presume as the sword i have as its the same sugu hamon and unusual boshi. just want to know why they sometimes use 2 kanji mei and on another sword they do the full monty

looking for info on the above smith if anyone can enlighten me...all i know he is a showa seki smith and some basic sword details as follows nakago jiri............kuri jiri yasurime..............cyaku taka no ha (hawk feathers) kissiki...................." 0 " boshi.....................hakikake (brush strokes) hamon...................wide sugu with nie hada.....................itame with mokume cannot tell you any more other than the cutting edge is 26 inches and its 11/4 wide. sorry the sword is not at hand at the minute and the details above are from a description and photos...this should polish up nicely but like everything nihonto i need to know more , many thanks gentleman

finally got in and all working now under a different username than before....cheers henry

fingers crossed i might have been accepted. had to put in new details as it said my previous regestration was still there..........i had to change everything even had to use my girlfriends email address

any one who can offer assistance

i see kanetoshi but i need to know which one....many thanks edited.....studed abit harder and i comfirm it is kumazawa kanetoshi....the 3rd kanji was misleading me :D

sorry but i meant to say you would not have sold this sword as an emura if you knew it to be gimei....i have seen most of your ebay sales and all have been well represented and documented....once again my opologies

my knowledge of nihonto is very limited but i have seen many emuras in the past and they are many variants of his mei but this looks the poorest i have seen...i would say gemei. james would not have passed this sword on as emura if he did not genuinely believe it to be gemei

its a katana with suguhu hamon...here is the mei which is showato but i never come across this kao before