WW2 Officer sword W/Large "Seki" stamp

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Listed as WW2 Officer sword

Appears to be the Large "Seki" stamp
Nice Hamon
Blade in poor polish

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Listed in 1937 national report as Gifu smith (see NMB Downloads)

#4. 兼丈 Kanetake (福田 丈太郎 Fukuda Jotaro) (can read “Taketaro”) [kanji is not “fumi” 文]
Born: Meiji 43 (1910) May 10; Reg: Showa 14 (1939) Oct 26. Deshi in 1937: 0.
1937: Seki-machi, Otsu 1754; 1939: Seki-machi, Misono-cho.
History: living in Seki-machi and trained under Matsuda Kanetaka (#26) who had early trained under Kojima Kanemichi (then as Kanetoki) probably in the Nipponto Tanren Juko.
Summary: died in 1989 age 79. He made numerous swords for both Arrny and Navy.
Example mei:
Fukuda Kanetake saku 福田兼丈作
Seki ju Fukuda Kanetake saku 関住福田兼丈作
Noshu Seki ju Kanetake saku 濃州 関住兼丈作