bkt938 Posted October 20, 2012 Report Posted October 20, 2012 need translation of mei on shin gunto sword thanks Quote
k morita Posted October 20, 2012 Report Posted October 20, 2012 Hi, The mei says "Kiyosuke/Kamisuke". 神 左 He was RJT sword smith in WW2 era ,Fukuoka. Also he cut the mei as "Nobumitsu" (Koyama Nobumitsu) 小 山 信 光 See [Nihonto Meikan] on page 207. Quote
bkt938 Posted October 21, 2012 Author Report Posted October 21, 2012 Man you guys are good,thank you,what does rjt mean? Quote
cabowen Posted October 21, 2012 Report Posted October 21, 2012 Rikugun Jumei Tosho, or Army Contract Smith... Quote
bkt938 Posted October 21, 2012 Author Report Posted October 21, 2012 do you know if he made gediato or machine made blades,or, brian both i cant find any arsenal stamp, thanks to everyone Quote
cisco-san Posted October 22, 2012 Report Posted October 22, 2012 Can it be read as KiyoSa as well 神 左 or has Sa and Suke the same Kanji?! thanks Klaus Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.