Is this Rough Showa era Gunto a Kanetsune ?

[Fusilier]

G'day Everyone,  I purchased this rough showa era gunto for re-sale some time ago and was informed it was signed 'Kanetsune'.  I've attempted to find images of a similar signature and haven't been able to.  There also appears to be a lightly struck stamp below the signature which I initially thought (having consulted Bruce's outstanding reference) might be a partial Gifu-in-sakura stamp.  However, I'm now thinking it might be the 'sideways M shaped' Army “Material Inspection Stamp” shown on Page 5 of Bruce's paper, second from top.  I'd appreciate any assistance confirming the signature and the stamp.  Cheers David

Edited yesterday at 12:08 AM by First Fusilier
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[Fusilier]

G'day again, I didn't sign onto the site properly just now, so when I attempted to post my request for assistance I ended up having to sign in and inadvertently created a new profile !!  The above is me though, apologies to the administrators, I'm a technophobe.

 

[ROKUJURO]

Looks like YOSHIHARU to me.

[Bruce Pennington]

Yes, Yoshiharu.  He and Takehisa hold the lion's share of blades with the W/M stamp.  And is is the W/M stamp, David.  Just lightly struck, as you said.

Here's one of 12 other Yoshiharu I have on file (13 now!).  It looks like there are numbers at the end of the nakago?  Could you post a clear shot of that for me, please?

 

[Brian]

8 hours ago, Fusilier said:

G'day again, I didn't sign onto the site properly just now, so when I attempted to post my request for assistance I ended up having to sign in and inadvertently created a new profile !!  The above is me though, apologies to the administrators, I'm a technophobe.

 

I merged both accounts back into your preferred one.
Note, I am able to do this for any member that accidentally creates a second account, just pm me.

[Fusilier]

19 hours ago, Bruce Pennington said:

Yes, Yoshiharu.  He and Takehisa hold the lion's share of blades with the W/M stamp.  And is is the W/M stamp, David.  Just lightly struck, as you said.

Here's one of 12 other Yoshiharu I have on file (13 now!).  It looks like there are numbers at the end of the nakago?  Could you post a clear shot of that for me, please?

 

Will do, I'll post them in a couple of hours when I've managed to get the kids out of the house.

[Fusilier]

13 hours ago, Brian said:

I merged both accounts back into your preferred one.
Note, I am able to do this for any member that accidentally creates a second account, just pm me.

Thanks Brian, and apologies for adding to your workload.

[Fusilier]

On 8/29/2026 at 1:20 PM, Bruce Pennington said:

Yes, Yoshiharu.  He and Takehisa hold the lion's share of blades with the W/M stamp.  And is is the W/M stamp, David.  Just lightly struck, as you said.

Here's one of 12 other Yoshiharu I have on file (13 now!).  It looks like there are numbers at the end of the nakago?  Could you post a clear shot of that for me, please?

 

Here you go Bruce, you were right as usual !!  Looks like another M/W stamp plus the number 190.  Have you come to a conclusion as to what the M/W symbol indicates ?  Cheers David