Very short two character mei

[Shuriken]

I'm acquiring a batch of swords of unknown provenance; this is one Mei. Quite short--can anyone shed any light? Thank you!

[Bazza]

KANEMICHI?  Tachimei.  Need more photos to be helpful.

 

BaZZa.

[Bugyotsuji]

宗近 or possibly 宝近 for starts.

[ROKUJURO]

MUNECHIKA?

[tbonesullivan]

On 12/26/2021 at 2:15 AM, Bugyotsuji said:

宗近 or possibly 宝近 for starts.

I couldn't find anything on a 宝近 - TAKARACHIKA.

 

It looks more like 宗近 - MUNECHIKA.

 

Is this a WWII Era blade? There is a Munechika listed in the Seki Kaji Tosho.

[Bugyotsuji]

It’s poorly struck, and with only one photo not really fair on the members here. There were several Munechika, so maybe Occam’s razor holds.

[Shuriken]

@Bugyotsuji @tbonesullivan @ROKUJURO sorry for delays. Here are more pics of this blade.

 

[tbonesullivan]

On 12/27/2021 at 3:46 PM, Shuriken said:

@Bugyotsuji @tbonesullivan @ROKUJURO sorry for delays. Here are more pics of this blade.

 

 

 

Ok, I would say that the first character is definitely MUNE, and the second looks like CHIKA.

 

All of the 宗近 MUNECHIKA smiths I can find in the quick search are KOTO. Real shame about the tip of the Kissaki. Hopefully it doesn't go all the way through the boshi.