Trans. Help Thanks.. Gunto Tang.

[mauser99]

Thanks again, Not mine.  Not yet.   Just was hoping if someone could translate the Mei  and see if its worth pursuing.

 

Blade has a little damage to the cutting edge near the tip.   Any help would be appreciated.

 

the tang is signed on both sides.  The spine of the blade has Kanji and so does the fittings and saya. 

Sorry the photos got jumbled  hope it makes sense.

[reeder]

http://www.japaneseswordindex.com/oshigata/shigefu2.jpg

 

Looks like the same smith based on the mei and nakago http://www.japaneseswordindex.com/oshigata/shigefus.jpg

 

The blade and fittings look nice but the tip would deter me. Not sure what this smith historically brings or if it's worth a restoration.

[mauser99]

Thanks. Its priced at about what I feel its worth and it could go higher.  I just wanted to ask and see if it was anything special. I have yet to see an example with kanji on the fittings like that.

There is also some type of mark on the tsuba.. 

[reeder]

The kanji on the fittings & spine are the assembly numbers.

 

The kanji on the scabbard looks like shigemasa, haven't ever seen that before. Don't know that it means anything, is the name of the owner, name of whoever made the saya, etc.

 

The other symbol on the tsuba is a manu stamp if I remember correctly. I'll have to look it up when I can get the books out or maybe someone here knows off the top of their head.

[Kai-Gunto]

The stamp on the tsuba is Suya.