New type3 mounted sword

[Foletta]

Can someone please translate this for me .The smith could me Masahiro?

[Bugyotsuji]

常陽住源正兼?

https://nosyudo.jp/b08021385/

 

Masakane(?)

[Bruce Pennington]

Any stamps above the mei?

 

[Foletta]

No Stamps above the mei . I think it is now a Masakane handmade water tempered 

[Foletta]

One stamp near Tang end

[Bruce Pennington]

That's a big find, Geoff!  Thanks for the pics!

 

The matsu stamps was originally thought to be specific to Akihisa and Munetoshi, but we have found 3 other smiths (now 4) with the mark.  All dated blades were made in 1942 & 1943.  Most of them are star stamped.

 

Sesko shows a Masakane, and says he was RJT and he is listed on the RJT list.

 

"MASAKANE (正兼), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Ibaraki – “Jōyō Kasama-jū Minamoto Masakane kore o saku” (常陽笠間住源正兼作之), “Jōshū-jū Minamoto Masakane kore o saku” (常州住源正兼作之), real name Takano Kinjirō (高野金次郎), born February 23rd 1900, student of the 1st gen. Masakatsu (正勝), he worked as rikugun-jumei-tōshō, kihin no retsu (Akihide), First Seat at the 6th Shinsaku Nihontō Denrankai (新作日本刀展覧会, 1941)"

[Bruce Pennington]

Any chance of a date on the other side?  All my matsu blades on file are dated.\

 

How about a shot or 2 of the fittings, also?

 

@george trotter @mecox @Kiipu

[ROKUJURO]

2 hours ago, Foletta said:

.....a Masakane handmade water tempered ...

Geoff,

tempering is not hardening, While closely connected in the heat-treatment of blades, they are two different processes.