Butch Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 Requesting help and opinions on this leather field covered Tanto … It was purchased from the son of the veteran who fetched it back from Burma .. Thanks Gareth 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butch Posted May 13 Author Report Share Posted May 13 Pic2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butch Posted May 13 Author Report Share Posted May 13 Naming on Tang 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROKUJURO Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 MASANORI. Certainly not a military related smith. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butch Posted May 13 Author Report Share Posted May 13 Many thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 Interesting to see a tanto in military leather! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelr Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 I own a very similar one and will post some pictures when I return home. I love it, thank you for sharing MikeR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisW Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 That's a very nice piece Gareth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiipu Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 X田正則. The first character is easily identified by radical but I do not see it listed in the modern dictionaries. @BANGBANGSAN & @SteveM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveM Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 鎌田 Kamata for sure, but a bit of a mystery in terms of who he is as a swordsmith. There was a sword scholar in the late 18th century named Kamata using these same kanji, so maybe this person is related to that scholar. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BANGBANGSAN Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 1 hour ago, Kiipu said: X田正則. The first character is easily identified by radical but I do not see it listed in the modern dictionaries. @BANGBANGSAN & @SteveM I‘m with SteveM 鎌田 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave R Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 You will see others like it here. Military Swords of Imperial Japan (Guntō) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelr Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 Ok I just returned home and took some pictures of a similar Tanto that I own as promised. I don’t know if anyone can make out the mei but I got it the best that I could. Hope you enjoy 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROKUJURO Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 BIZEN OSAFUNE no JU..... (MASAYUKI?). Indeed very difficult to read. Lighting from the side may enhance the readability. Otherwise a beautiful blade! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelr Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 Thank you so much MikeR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Pennington Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 What is written on the habaki? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelr Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 Not sure Bruce but I think it is someone’s SSN? I wonder if I can look that up? MikeR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baba Yaga Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 I've never seen a military leather covered Tanto before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelr Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 I was told that sometimes they were carried by the pilots, but you know how that goes, anything is possible. I was also told by a high end Japanese sword expert/collector that a few that he had seen when the leather was removed it revealed information on the Saya. No way I will ever attempt to remove the leather from mine to find out. Also originally on mine the mekugi was completely covered and the leather had to be carefully cut to remove it to check for a signature Glad you are enjoying these two Tantos MikeR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Singer Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 備州三原住正__作 (Bishu Mihara ju Masa__ saku. Perhaps 正廣 (Masahiro) or 正興 (Masaoki). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave R Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 A couple of examples from Ohmura. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WulinRuilong Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 備州三原住正清作Bishu Mihara ju Masakiyo saku. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelr Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 WOW Thank you both so much for the smiths information. I am great full MikeR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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