Wwii Japanese Sword

[kwind]

Hello,

 

I am looking for information on this WWII Japanese sword.  I am also wondering what the 5 red hash marks mean below the makers' mark.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[EdWolf]

It's just a number 131. It's used for keeping parts together during production of the sword.

Regards Ed

[Stephen]

http://www.japaneseswordindex.com/oshigata/kanetak3.jpg

[ROKUJURO]

Kwind,

please sign all posts with your first name plus an initial.

Your sword has a non-traditionally made blade. The stamp is of the SEKI arsenal. The other side of the NAKAGO (tang) probably shows the manufacturing date. The pictures should be tip-up to facilitate reading.

[kwind]

Thanks for the info  Kurt W

[DRDave]

If it's dated, it will be on the opposite side of the signature.  The mounts don't appear to have been messed with and the blade looks to be in good polish.  Overall a decent WWII gunto.

[Bruce Pennington]

Kwind,

 

please sign all posts with your first name plus an initial.

 

Your sword has a non-traditionally made blade. The stamp is of the SEKI arsenal. The other side of the NAKAGO (tang) probably shows the manufacturing date. The pictures should be tip-up to facilitate reading.

Just a slight technical correction: Seki stamps were from a craftsman’s guild working under Kokura Arsenal administration until Kokura’s authority was split up and then they fell under the Nagoya Arsenal.

[cisco-san]

Hi,

 

this is your smith (from Markus book)

 

KANETAKA (兼高), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Gifu – “Kanetaka” (兼高), real name Matsuda Takaichi (松田高市), born September 16th 1911, student of Kojima Kanemichi (小島兼道), he worked as a guntō smith