Why am I battling with this one?

[Brian]

Am I getting worse at this? I shouldn't be having trouble with the second kanji...probably going to kick myself. Friend asked me for help with it. Showato I assume.

Kane.....X? (Hope I got the Kane right at least :lol: )

 

Brian

[J Reid]

兼幸- kaneyuki?

[Veli]

兼常 Kanetsune?

 

BR, Veli

[Brian]

I think Veli may have it

Any confirmations?

If it is...he may be unrecorded?

 

Brian

[J Reid]

I change my vote to kanetsune haha

[Stephen]

wow i missed the boat on this one , first mei i translated by my self back in the day, still have the sword, if youd like the mei let me know.

 

Yes, Kanetsune and NOT a showa-to!

 

edit to add pix even if you dont want it LOL

[cabowen]

Yes, Kanetsune and NOT a showa-to....

[Stephen]

is there a echo in here

[cabowen]

apparently!

 

Actually, I hit the post button by mistake and then before I could go back and write what I wanted to my connection dropped. By the time I got back on line I had forgotten about the mis-post.....Life in the country....

 

Anyway, what I wanted to say was that the Kanetsune name is well known in Seki currently for their traditionally made knife manufacturing.

 

This blade may be Sue Koto.....

[Brian]

Thank you gents..committed to memory.

Yes..I notice how popular the name is to modern Seki knifemaking. Will investigate the late 1500's possibility. Owner had not shared any other pics yet...only knew that it was supposedly a Showato. But obviously not. Chances of gimei?

 

Brian

[cabowen]

Always a possibility but I would bet this is ok.

[Jean]

Agreed with Chris, Shoshin mei

[Veli]

I confess to be an admirer of Kanetsune ha, due to their tight ko-itame hada, at best being quite outstanding compared to many other Mino schools. See here what I mean:

http://www.tetsugendo.com/swords/Tan_115_kanetsune.html

 

Veli

[Stephen]

dont have my Mino book anymore but remember something to do with the long center stroke had to do with which Kanetsune, or mabe it was the Oshigata book, have no brains anymore, something to do with a cyst.

[John A Stuart]

As to Kanetsune, I quickly checked one of my 美濃刀工の研究 without going to the big boy and all six generatrions had an elongated center stroke in the 巾 part of the 常 kanji. What differentiates this mei from the others for the most crucial aspect is the composition. Only the shodai signed nijimei on katana. Subsequent generations signed Noshu or Noshu Seki, with saku except the godai which signed Kanetsune saku. John

[Stephen]

seen some longer than others know that, not completly brain dead yet, nice to know what

美濃刀工の研究means now.

 

SO just mark my post as from a craxy old man from now on.

[John A Stuart]

Could be Stephen, but, looking at the oshigata I would have to measure to see any real difference, they are so similar. I'll not mark your posts such, there may be something to it, what do I know for sure? I guess I should have written Mino Toko no Kenkyu. John

[Jean]

I'll say shinsa. I think it is shoshin. Not worth gimeïng a Kanetsune, above all sue Koto suriage.

 

I had once a tachi mei suriage early Muromachi Kaneyoshi submitted to Shinsa. It was postponned till further researches...