yanteedog

hi again, just a thankyou gabriel for your help and the information. regards ian

Many many thanks for your help ..this is the sword in its entirety. http://s962.photobucket.com/albums/ae103/yanteedog/?action=view&current=20131010_144508_zpsd5e867c5.jpg Thanks again Ian

Many thanks for the speedy replies , is there a date and positive id here , is there truth in the saying that the hamon on the blade is as identifiable as a signature or unique to each smith. My ignorance shows with the upside down picture

Hi to all , is there a chance of translation . My next door neighbour has had this sword in his loft for fifty years or so his grandad bought it back from ww2 . I offered to see what I could find out about it for him. I haved looked at quite a few other requests for mei translation but nothing looks similar. I was given this translation from another sword site( seki ju kane sako) then I was advised to try your site, any info would be gratefully recieved. Thanks in advance Ian r tudor