Mike Noel Posted Saturday at 01:11 PM Report Posted Saturday at 01:11 PM 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 Saturday at 01:16 PM Report Posted Saturday at 01:16 PM Looks like Seki junin Kanemitsu Saku Kore but I’m a bit unsure about the 3rd kanji. 2 Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted Saturday at 01:28 PM Report Posted Saturday at 01:28 PM 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
Mike Noel Posted Saturday at 03:49 PM Author Report Posted Saturday at 03:49 PM Thats a big help guys thanks Quote
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