Sharing a sword I recently acquired

[Nicholas]

Just want to share.. I took a gamble and picked up this sword a few months ago from the son of a WW2 veteran practically sight unseen. The vets son told me the sword has sat in the closet since he could remember. The sword is signed 

士魂明督之作 Shigon Akisuke No Saku and dated 1945. A smith I’ve never heard of before nor have I seen another sword made by this smith. The polish and fittings are in excellent condition. The hamon is flamboyant the jigane is tight.

 

any comments are welcome.

 

 

[Nicholas]

[Nicholas]

[John C]

 

7 minutes ago, Nicholas said:

士魂明督之作

saku kore???

 

John C.

[Nicholas]

2 minutes ago, John C said:

 

saku kore???

 

John C.

Kore Saku? 
 

I took the translation from the Japanese swordsmith index

[John C]

I was reading the way it was written on the tang.

 

Here's some info from Sesko:

AKISUKE (明督), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Tottori – “Shikon Akisuke” (士魂明督), real

name Yata Monji (矢田門二), born August 26th 1899, he was working as a swordsmith from

about 1942 onwards, the prefix shikon (士魂) means “Samurai spirit” (see picture right)

 

John C.

[Nicholas]

Appreciate it @John C. 

[drb 1643]

Wow, what a great score!

Tom

[PNSSHOGUN]

Likely one of the many Tosho from the Akihide Mon. 

[Bruce Pennington]

18 minutes ago, PNSSHOGUN said:

Akihide Mon

Mon? Or mei?

[Conway S]

Can you post a picture of the date?

 

[Nicholas]

@Conway S Showa 19 (1944) my mistake 

[PNSSHOGUN]

1 hour ago, Bruce Pennington said:

Mon? Or mei?

Mon in this case refers to the Akihide trained group of smiths. 

[Kiipu]

Speaking for myself, I rather like it.

[Nicholas]

@Kiipu I like it too. I was rather surprised when I got a chance to really take a look at it. Kinda reminds me of horse tooth hamon in some areas.

[Bugyotsuji]

Agreed! It’s certainly very different, almost eccentric.