Kim B Posted June 7 Report Posted June 7 Just purchased this sword made in March of 1945. Appears to be Showa To. First Character is Kane but cannot figure out second character. I have been told it is Hide, but cannot find a visual match Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted June 8 Report Posted June 8 This should be your guy: "KANEHIDE (兼英), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Gifu – “Kanehide” (兼英), real name Kanematsu Akira (兼松晃), born Novemver 24th 1915, he worked as a guntō smith" Quote
Kim B Posted June 11 Author Report Posted June 11 Thank you so much for the help. Soeone cleaned the tang and tried to fit a new habaki by filing the blade. I made some adjustments to camouflage that. It is a fairly nice bare blade. I will find koshirae for. 1 Quote
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