mike13 Posted November 22, 2015 Report Posted November 22, 2015 Just got this sword over the weekend trying to find out more about it there's writing on the tang hoping someone can translate it Quote
SteveM Posted November 23, 2015 Report Posted November 23, 2015 The first picture is a date. Its written quite cleanly so you might want to have a go at translating yourself using some of the links at the top, particularly. It is a modern (Showa) blade, which should be a pretty good hint. http://www.jssus.org/nkp/common_kanji.htmlhttp://www.jssus.org/nkp/useful_kanji.html 昭和二十年三月 Showa 20 nen 3 gatsu March, 1945 The opposite side is a bit tricky. Looks to me like 兼立 Kanetatsu But I can find no WWII Seki smith with that name (although Kane is a very common component of Seki names). There are Kanetatsu smiths from hundreds of years ago, but this is a WWII sword, as is evidenced by the Sakura stamp in your third photo. Quote
Stephen Posted November 23, 2015 Report Posted November 23, 2015 Steve Those mass produced seki blades were seldom hand forged, a factory worker chipped out the mei, seldom a smiths name, could be masa or shige, hard to tell for sure. Quote
mike13 Posted November 23, 2015 Author Report Posted November 23, 2015 Tried to figure out the date I think it's 3rd month 12 year? Quote
SteveM Posted November 23, 2015 Report Posted November 23, 2015 You got the month right. Stick with it a bit more. Check out the spoiler for the answer. Quote
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