Sword Id

[Tommac]

Got this yesterday in des Moines cheap so thought I would see the opions are I think ww2 period many thanks tom

[Bruce Pennington]

Tom,

 

You've got a May 1945, IJA Officer sword, commonly called a Type 3, or Contingency model gunto. The smith name is Kanehisa

 

兼久 (Kanehisa)

 

But the kanji are quite poorly written. So maybe one of the guys more knowledgeable of the swordsmiths might want to comment. Smiths didn't always sign their own work. Helpers sometimes signed for them, and even polishers sometimes put the name on. I would suggest one of those options here.

[Dave R]

 Hiya, the bit you really want to see, is that it looks in every respect to be a decent late war Shin-Gunto...  as opposed to a Chinese fake.

[Tommac]

 Many thanks for all the replies on the sword greatly appreciated just thought I'd take a chance on this one

Tom

[Tommac]

Blade tip

 

[SteveM]

清久 

Kiyohisa

[Bruce Pennington]

清久 

Kiyohisa

Good catch Steve! Matches the oshigata now!

[Tommac]

Many thanks guys for the information 

Tom

[Jon MB]

Beware of scotch-tape/ sellotape on nakago.

[Stephen]

pawn shop?

[Tommac]

Yes 

[cisco-san]

Hi,

 

I guess it is this smith (from Markus book):

KIYOHISA (清久), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Gifu – “Kiyohisa” (清久), real name Kakei Kiyomitsu (筧清光), born November 29th 1904, he worked as guntō smith and died April 23rd 1948

[Tommac]

Hi

Many thanks to all the replys on this sword really appreciated tom