Mike Noel Posted May 24 Report Posted May 24 Gents After all of the good advice I received from an earlier post on how to translate Mei I have given this a good go and am mostly stumped. I am confident that the 5th character is Mitsu and I think that the 7th Character is Yuki. to be told I am wrong would not surprise me. The sword in question is a Gunto sword I have attached a photo of the Mei and a photo of what I think is an arsenal or inspection stamp. A translation of the Mei would be greatly received and even a stroke count for the Kanji would help as I find I cannot accurately count strokes. Quote
nulldevice Posted May 24 Report Posted May 24 Looks like Seki junin Kanemitsu Saku Kore but I’m a bit unsure about the 3rd kanji. 2 Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted May 24 Report Posted May 24 It is the Showa stamp of the civilian Seki Cutlery Manufacturers Association, used from 1935 to 1942, with the massive majority of them found in ‘40 and ‘41. 1 Quote
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