Mei translation help

[Kronos]

Doing my daily translation practice and this one stumped me.

[Brian]

James,

Tell us which kanji you did manage to get. Some of them are very basic..

 

Brian

[Jean]

Very badly written, but looks like the name of a very famous smith. No? :D

[Stephen]

very bad indeed, I don't get whats after Kane at all.

[Kronos]

James,

Tell us which kanji you did manage to get. Some of them are very basic..

 

Brian

basic for you, strange lines that look nothing like known kanji to me

 

I think I have 因?兼?作

 

If that is the case then the second would be 幡 but that clearly isn't the case...

[Mark]

maker looks like Kanesada to me

[Nobody]

Ref. http://japaneseswordindex.com/oshigata/kanesada.jpg

[Kronos]

I never knew Kanji could be written so badly, you learn something new everyday, thanks for the help.

 

Jean, clearly it is a master smith and even comes with an arsenal stamp to reassure us of it's authenticity. As you're such an admirer of this smith I will sell it to you for the bargain price of ¥5m. How can you refuse?

[bone]

[Jean]

I can easily refuse as I am fixed minded on my only missing Gokaden sword which is not Mino. BTW, I have found it and it should be mine before year end. :D

[kusunokimasahige]

Any smith who was in a bar the previous evening can tell you how difficult it is to chisel out a mei with a bad hangover....