BaronBumbleB Posted May 11 Report Posted May 11 Any help translating this tang would be appreciated! 1 Quote
ROKUJURO Posted May 11 Report Posted May 11 Looks like HIROMITSU to me. Date is not clear to me: SHOWA JU X NEN, SHOGATSU (January) Quote
Ray Singer Posted May 11 Report Posted May 11 This appears to be Hiromitsu. Please see below. 1 Quote
mecox Posted May 11 Report Posted May 11 Looks like Nobumitsu 信光 with date of Showa 19 (1944) January. Also has a NA stamp 名 for Nagoya arsenal. There was a Nobumitsu in Gifu : Sukemitsu (Sako) Shinichi (born 1905/06) died 1993 July 21. He is in Slough p. 135 but not sure if him. 2 Quote
Nobody Posted May 11 Report Posted May 11 Yes, 信光 - Nobumitsu. Ref. 陸軍受命刀匠【信光 昭和十八年十月】太刀銘 『名古屋造兵廠』刻印入 元幅3.2cm超の豪壮刀！稀少鉄鞘拵 四方猪目雁金透かし鍔 [dKPX230100] - 32,000円 : 3 Quote
Ray Singer Posted May 12 Report Posted May 12 Apologies for the mistranslation. This does look like Nobumitsu as said above 1 Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted May 12 Report Posted May 12 18 minutes ago, Ray Singer said: Apologies for the mistranslation. This does look like Nobumitsu as said above Haha, I went through the same mental process, Ray! Quote
YOSE Posted May 12 Report Posted May 12 22 hours ago, ROKUJURO said: Looks like HIROMITSU to me. Date is not clear to me: SHOWA JU X NEN, SHOGATSU (January) 昭和十九年一月, perhaps? 1 Quote
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