Bruce Pennington Posted June 5 Report Posted June 5 What do you think, guys? Thanks! Maybe Kanemichi? Quote
Ray Singer Posted June 5 Report Posted June 5 Do you have access to a clearer image? Perhaps Kaneharu (兼治). There were three Seki smiths signing Kaneharu during the war. Quote
The Blacksmith Posted June 5 Report Posted June 5 If not a clearer picture, then perhaps an oshigata may be clearer? Quote
ROKUJURO Posted June 5 Report Posted June 5 Nicely focused photos made on a dark background for better contrast will be helpful. Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted June 6 Author Report Posted June 6 19 hours ago, Ray Singer said: Perhaps Kaneharu (兼治) Yes, that is more likely, thank you. These are from an auction house, so best I have. I just checked some other Kaneharu on file and they match pretty well. Quote
Kiipu Posted June 6 Report Posted June 6 I had to dig into this one as I was puzzled by the first character. The last name Mori is a single character yet this has two characters preceding Kaneharu. I had to use this older NMB thread from 2012 to figure out what the first character was. Special thanks to @k morita for the character identification. Nantoka Kanenori Translation 関森兼治 = Seki Mori Kaneharu [with partial 昭 stamp above?] Old to New Looks more like the new version than the old one; however, .... 關 = 関 @mecox 1 Quote
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