help with translation

[kuromido]

Hello All,

I am having some trouble with several kanji on this piece and would also like to see if I am reasonably close on the mei & date.

 

I have the mei as " mino kuni ?maru?,?nao? ju kaneuji" but maru nao Makes no sense.

 

I believe the date is "koei roku nen ku gatsu hi" or 1348

 

 

 

 

Any information about this smith/blade would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks, PeterD

[John A Stuart]

美濃國志津住兼氏 Mino no Kuni Shizu Ju Kaneuji, John

As to the date, it seems to me to be, Koei Jugo Nen which is 1356 long after the end of the Koei period 1344. John

[Toryu2020]

John -

Isnt that Koei Gan-nen? 元年

-t

[John A Stuart]

Quite right, first year of Koei 1342. Thanks Tom. John

[Jacques]

Hi,

 

An strongly gimei.

[kuromido]

I am not surprised that it is most likely gimei given the smith (or actually not) My first thought was that the length is all wrong. 66cm with ubu nakago Anything I find of his seems to have been

shortened

I have a few questions if its OK.

First , would the heavy hitters weigh in on the mei. (I am very interested in what makes it stand out as gimei,and am sure there is much to learn for alot of us from its disection.

I am also wondering if because of this , is it a total "dont bother with it" or are gimei blades ever worth restoring?

The blade is masame to aysugi hada & gunome with sunagashi & kinsuji hamon.

It is in need of slight straightening and a polish.

Any thoughts?

 

Thanks ,

PeterD

[Mark]

Peter

 

I do not think i am a heavy hitter, maybe a light to medium hitter, but here goes. There are gimei swords that are worth restoring. I have a sword that is not mumei that was gimei. The mei was removed, it was polished and passed Juyo. That being said - the blade is everything, if it is good workmanship the mei can be removed. Many swords made in early Showa had "big" names, so if it is a Showa oil tempered blade then not worth it. Best to leave it as is and research the blade, try and show it to a few collectors and listen to what they say then decide

[Jacques]

Hi,

 

First , would the heavy hitters weigh in on the mei. (I am very interested in what makes it stand out as gimei,and am sure there is much to learn for alot of us from its disection.

 

Ubu nakago long blade made by Kaneuji does not exist.

Dated blade made by kaneuji does not exist.

This blade is katana mei instead tachi mei.