hawleys book help

[loiner1965]

showa kumazawa kanetoshi.

 

looking for info on a sword by kumazawa kanetoshi. he was a showa smith and listed in hawleys book ref kan 2368

many thanks in advance

[Mark Green]

hiya,

Do you mean 2638?

If so it says: Mino, 1930, 8pt, Seki 2 char sig.

http://www.nihonto.com.au/html/swords_f ... n_5-8.html

 

http://home.earthlink.net/~ttstein/kanetos3.jpg

[loiner1965]

the first link is i the same smith as mine where as the oshigata is exactly the same as the kanji on my sword......he even signed his mei with 2 kanji.

these statements i believe are true unless someone can put me right