Translation assistance for short mei on Tsuba

[Kantaro]

Translation assistance wanted for short mei on Tsuba

 

 

Kind regards!

[Kantaro]

Or is it no mei?

[ROKUJURO]

Paris,

looks a bit as if someone tried his screwdriver on that TSUBA. These are not KANJI, so no MEI.

[Kantaro]

2 hours ago, ROKUJURO said:

Paris,

looks a bit as if someone tried his screwdriver on that TSUBA. These are not KANJI, so no MEI.

 

Thanks Jean,

 

More "screwdriver" mei hereunder?

 

#1019 J/P sword Edo Ukyo Koshirae Tsuka & Marked Tsuba | #46169526

[Bugyotsuji]

Looking again at that top photo, Paris, I wonder if those hits might have been to help close that spidery crack from the left edge?

[ROKUJURO]

Paris,

I am sure this is a kind of a personal mark, but it's not a readable signature.

Piers, I don't see a "repair attempt" in these chisel marks.

[Bugyotsuji]

Do you not see a hairline surface crack, Jean, propagating from NW to SE? If it was originally wider and more noticeable, then a hit below and a hit above might have closed it to almost invisible, i.e. Tagane usage for a different purpose, no? Gently squishing together.

 

PS If you can’t see it, then maybe that proves it worked!!! 
 

 

[ROKUJURO]

Yes Piers,

indeed I overlooked it, or I didn't identify it as a crack. If Paris has the TSUBA in his hands, he might confirm.

On the other hand, looking at the second TSUBA image, the TAGANE strokes have a certain resemblance in my eyes, so I would not exclude the possibility of them being a personal mark. 

[Kantaro]

 

 

 

[Bugyotsuji]

So strange. Never seen these before but there are three examples above so there must be more! Interesting…