...greetings gentlemen...first of all let me apologize if my post would not be appropriate in this particular thread,and I'd ask one of the moderators to move it to a proper location...I have been lurking thru the pages of this forum and this one caught my attention as I'm in the possesion of an Amahide katana which was picked up in Japan at wars end when a relative's ship pulled into a port....according to him there were all sorts of rifles and swords piled up on the dock and each sailor was allowed to pick up one rifle,one bayonet,and one sword for his personal"trophy" and ship it home.
.....knowing I was the only one in the family who appreciated and had interest in any of these items he gave them to me to care for and pass on when the time came-needless to say I felt quite honored.....but being more knowledgable of Japanese firearms and not swords this opened an entirely new area for me and the amount of information is staggering and at times overwelms my newbie brain I've been able to determine it was made by Amahide,but not which one...at first I thought it may have been the earlier one since it didnt seem 'military(the tsuka and tsuba and any other associated items were long since gone ) but thats when I learned that there was more than one Amahide-and then students that signed his name,making it even MORE confusing for me....thats why when I saw this thread I thought I'd post here....I'm attatching 3 photos-the first 2 are of one side and overlaping as I wanted to get as much detail of the signature as possible....the 3rd is of the opposite side of a kanji I believe to say "kanamaru" or "kanemaru"...again not sure...no idea if its a name...but not an arsenal mark...I think...was this one made by one of the smiths you are discussing here???....any information and enlightenment is greatly appreciated
...I can provide other,and more detailed photos if required or any other info ....I'm just quite overwhelmed by all this..
